What people do when they say they are conserving electricity

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1945-1956

  Woods, James ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity; Residential conservation behavior; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

ELECTRICITY MARKETS; RESIDENTIAL CONSERVATION BEHAVIOR;

ELECTRICITY;

COMMODITY MARKET; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMETRICS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FORECASTING METHOD; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049183432     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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