, connection rates and electricity consumption remain low in grid connected areas, at least in the short and medium run. This paper … of grid electricity over time using a panel of 41 communities that were electrified up to ten years ago. We find that …, connection rates are much lower, at 51%. Furthermore, electricity consumption and appliance usage are low and did not grow over …

This paper is one of the limited studies to investigate rebound effects in sectoral electricity consumption and the … electricity consumption from 9.2 MWh per capita in 2010 to 8.6 MWh per capita in 2015. However, following a significant decline … since 2010, electricity consumption in the main New Zealand sectors is increasing. Energy conservation could play an …

Photovoltaic systems generate electricity around noon, when many homes are empty. Conversely, residential electricity … information feedback and financial rewards, we encourage households to shift electricity consumption toward the middle of the day …

System security in electricity markets relies crucially on the interaction between demand and supply over time. However …, research on electricity markets has been mainly focusing on the supply side arguing that demand is rather inelastic. Assuming … perfectly inelastic demand might lead to delusive statements regarding the price formation in electricity markets. In this …

household electricity consumption. These programs are designed to increase awareness of household energy consumption with … but participated later. The evidence suggest that the customers who participated in the survey reduced their electricity …

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 …

distinguished resources – electricity and water – in the same experimental setting. We find that, on average, our social comparison … electricity savings are impersistent and occur in the evening hours, which only slightly overlap with peak hours. We argue that … electricity conservation due to social comparisons is driven by short-run changes in households' electricity saving behavior …

air conditioning, with widely varying particle pollution. Overall, residential electricity demand overall grows by 1 ….1% when PM2.5 rises by 10 ug/m3. I compare the pollution-electricity response to the well-known heat-electricity response, and … show how it varies over the socioeconomic distribution. Local pollution control has the co-benefit of reducing electricity …

household electricity consumption. These programs are designed to increase awareness of household energy consumption with … but participated later. The evidence suggest that the customers who participated in the survey reduced their electricity …

Time-of-use (TOU) pricing for electricity is an effective means to allocate electricity, though regulators are … in which households facing TOU pricing were given an in-home display, providing real-time feedback on electricity … consumption. Receipt of the device results in a 3% reduction in average electricity consumption. The reduction in demand is …