Households' willingness to pay for overhead-to-underground conversion of electricity distribution networks

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2560-2567

  McNair, Ben J ^a   Bennett, Jeff ^a   Hensher, David A ^b   Rose, John M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Stated preference; Undergrounding; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CANBERRA , AUSTRALIA; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; ELECTRICITY NETWORKS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LOW-VOLTAGE; RELIABILITY OF SUPPLY; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; STATED CHOICE SURVEYS; STATED PREFERENCES; TREE TRIMMINGS; UNDERGROUND NETWORKS; UNDERGROUNDING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

POWER QUALITY;

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CANBERRA;

EID: 79953293715     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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