This book presents an in-depth empirical analysis of consumer response to alternative policies for energy conservation. Its main focus is on innovative policy instruments that have attracted increasing attention from academics and energy conservation practitioners alike: critical peak pricing,...

This paper empirically examines customer preferences for the reliable sources of electricity using data obtained from a survey of back-up systems owned by large computer users in Japan. The empirical results based on probabilistic discrete choice models indicate that (1) customers face a...