Air-conditioning Australian households: The impact of dynamic peak pricing

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 7312-7322

  Strengers, Yolande ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Demand management; Smart metering

Indexed keywords

DEMAND MANAGEMENT; DEMAND REDUCTION; NEW SOUTH WALES; PEAK ELECTRICITY DEMAND; POLICY MAKERS; PRICE SIGNALS; QUALITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME PRICING; SHORT PERIODS; SMART METERING;

COOLING; COSTS; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; REAL VARIABLES;

AIR CONDITIONING;

AIR CONDITIONING; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; PRICING POLICY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 77957769287     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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