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Since the start of sharp electricity tariff increases in 2008, South African household demand for electricity has not … eventually compel households to reduce their electricity usage. This research explores the ability of South African households to …-income households are the most vulnerable to rising electricity tariffs, due to their limited ability to invest in technologies that …
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household car travel demand. Elasticities are estimated for different segments of households, based on their socio-economic and … estimations using aggregate data for Switzerland, and show that there is important heterogeneity in price sensitivity across …This article uses a rich panel dataset of 1,741 Swiss households in order to examine the effect of fuel prices on …
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the German market by incorporating variable renewable electricity generation for the estimation of electricity prices in …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 …
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This article explores the interactions between direct and embodied energy requirements of households in Switzerland in … additional indication that households in Switzerland use direct and indirect energy in a complementary manner is provided by the … estimate direct and embodied energy demand of Swiss households by combining consumption data of a national expenditure survey …
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would pay the electricity bills of residential customers in April and May 2020, effectively making electricity free, as long … of the Tbilisi city limits, finding that the average household increased usage by some 5% above and beyond their normal …. This figure however masks considerable heterogeneity in the effects of the policy across urban, rural, and "high mountain …
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This paper estimates the level of transient and persistent efficiency in the use of electricity in Swiss households … collected via a household survey is used to estimate an electricity demand frontier function. We further investigate whether … energy and investment literacy have an influence on the household electricity consumption. The results show significant …
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household electricity consumption. These programs are designed to increase awareness of household energy consumption with … between households, which participate voluntarily, and the surveyors. The objective of this study is to determine whether and … produces estimates on distributions. The comparison group consists of households who were not yet participating in the survey …
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electricity consumption. These programs are designed to increase awareness of household energy consumption with personalized …This paper investigates the magnitude of the effect of residential energy efficiency audit programs on later household … households, which participate voluntarily, and the surveyors. The objective of this study is to determine whether and to what …
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countries. Using survey data from 2011 on annual consumption of electricity and sample-derived average electricity price, we … find evidence for non-price related factors, in particular households' self-reported energy saving behavior, to reduce … 0:14 and no evidence for heterogeneity across the countries in our sample. Our results regarding price elasticity are in …
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In this paper, we seek to investigate heterogeneity in households' valuation of electricity contract attributes that … controls and to share their electricity consumption information. However, some households are willing to share their … households that accept load controls at a relatively low compensation require a size-able compensation to share their electricity …
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