consumption in Colombia, using electricity billing and weather data from 2010 to 2019. I find that higher temperatures (or higher …This paper provides the first empirical estimates of the relationship between temperatures and household electricity … values of the heat index) increase electricity consumption, with the largest effects observed for high-income households in …

Past studies on the relationship between electricity consumption and temperature have primarily focused on individual … by satellites, night light has a strong linear relationship with electricity consumption and is correlated with both its … extensive and intensive margins. Using night light as a proxy for electricity consumption at the grid level, we find: (1) there …