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This study examines a field experiment in Texas that includes pricing and informational interventions to encourage energy conservation during summer peak load days when the social cost of generation is the highest. We estimate that our critical peak pricing intervention reduces electricity...
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This paper uses monthly zip code-level data on electricity disconnections to document the socioeconomic correlates of extreme economic distress among 5 million customers in Illinois. In 2018-2019, customers in Black and Hispanic zip codes were about 4 times more likely to be disconnected for...
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from California households. The average EV increases overall household load by 2.9 kilowatt-hours per day, less than half …
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been flat since 1980. Using unique micro data, we document the role that household demographics and ideology play in … electricity consumption time series index from 1980 to 2006. We show that certain micro determinants of household electricity …
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the widespread use of increasing-block pricing (IBP), under which the marginal price to the household increases as its … has adopted some of the most steeply increasing-block tariffs in electric utility history. Combining household … approach to studying (or controlling for) income distribution effects by using median household income within a census block …
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household electricity demand that addresses these difficulties. We estimate the model using data for a representative sample of …
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goods has expanded from household utilities, toll road access and software downloads to standard consumption goods paid by … decisions. This paper exploits hourly household electricity consumption data collected by "smart" electricity meters to examine … receipt of an electricity bill, but the response varies considerably by household type and season. Our results also suggest …
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We study a prominent energy regulation affecting large Chinese manufacturers that are part of broader conglomerates. Using detailed firm-level data and difference-in-differences research designs, we show that regulated firms cut output and shifted production to unregulated firms in the same...
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The intermittency of payment for many goods creates a disconnect between paying and consuming such that the marginal price is not always salient when consumption decisions are made. This paper derives optimal dynamic corrective taxes when there are externalities as well as internalities from...
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Economic theory suggests that energy subsidies can lead to excessive consumption and environmental degradation. However, the precise impact of energy subsidies is not well understood. We analyze a large energy subsidy: the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE). CARE provides a price...
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