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Using a unique and highly detailed data set on energy consumption at the appliance-level for 200 Swedish households, seemingly unrelated regression (SUR)-based end-use specific load curves are estimated. The estimated load curves are then used to explore possible restrictions on load shifting...
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Households typically receive utility bills where all electricity use during a fixed period of time is lumped together. The lack of direct feedback in the form of marginal costs of using specific electric appliances reduces the attention people give to their energy consumption and potentially...
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There is evidence that many individuals make sub-optimal investment decisions when the benefits and costs associated with that decision are distributed over time. One example is the decision to adopt new electrical appliances, with the benefits of choosing a more energy efficient device...
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We evaluate the effectiveness of energy efficiency labeling in guiding household appliance choice decisions. Using a carefully designed choice experiment with several alternative labeling treatments, we disentangle the relative importance of different types of information and intertemporal...
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Untapped improvements in energy efficiency in the residential sector may deliver large savings in energy use and the CO2 associated emissions. Yet empirical assessments have been difficult and controversial. We collect monthly natural gas meter readings from a sample of homes in Transcarpathia,...
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Consumers often struggle to grasp complicated pricing plans, including increasing block rate (IBR) schemes, which have been used for decades by utilities in many parts of the world. The assumption that they encourage conservation has, however, recently been challenged (Ito, 2014). We take...
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Retrofit programmes of old and very energy inefficient housing stock from the Soviet era are widely believed to be a rear win-win opportunity for mitigating climate change and tackling acute energy poverty issues in Eastern European city neighbourhoods. Still, many people do not undertake...
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Short-term demand-side flexibility is expected to play an essential role in balancing intermittent electricity generation in the future carbon-neutral power system. This study quantifies the price responsiveness of highly electrified households, with many using electricity for heating and...
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This chapter surveys policy instruments aiming at reducing carbon emissions from road transport. We present the basic economic framework used to evaluate environmental policy instruments and discuss the challenges and limitations it faces, which are important enough to justify departures from...
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potential explanations and document that behavioral explanations, in particular salience of the policy instruments, lie at the … search activity as proxies for salience. The results call for complementary policy instruments to restore market efficiency …
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