In Time-of-Use(TOU) pricing schemes, utilities charge rates that depend on the time of day and the season of the year at which electricity is used. Estimates of the effects of TOU rates on business customers in the U.S. and Israel demonstrate that most firms do not appear to respond at all to...

Residential electrical demand response (DR) offers the prospect of reducing the environmental impact of electricity use, and also the supply costs. However, the relatively small loads and numerous actors imply a large effort: response ratio. Residential DR may be an essential part of future...

Many urban areas in the United States have experienced difficulty meeting the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), partially due to pollution from electricity generating units. We evaluated the potential for residential demand response to reduce pollutant emissions on days with above...

Der Umbau des Energiesystems zu einer CO2-freien bzw. CO2-armen Energieerzeugung stellt die Energiewirtschaft vor ganz besondere technische, ökonomische und institutionelle Herausforderungen. Ein wichtiger Baustein in allen Entwürfen für eine Transformation des Energiesektors ist die...

This dissertation provides static and dynamic models that capture the various dynamics in the system, the physical and technical constraints, the uncertainty and volatility. The proposed models shed new light on wholesale electricity market design to gain an understanding of how to create...