on the effects of the rapidly rising electricity tariffs. The issue of tariff increases has now become even more critical …-based electricity. There have been some South African studies that have attempted to estimate the price elasticity of electricity demand … individual firms and their decisions to invest in their own generation, and the longer-run impacts on electricity demand. This …

We document substantial rigidity in household electricity demand in response to large price shocks. We partnered with … an electricity retailer to run a field experiment in which randomly-selected households received discounts of up to 50 …% on their total electricity bill or up to 95% off their per unit cost of electricity for a full month. We show that the …