Determinants of voluntary electricity demand management program participation

Utilities Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-21

  Leonard, J Mark ^a   Decker, Christopher S ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN BULGARIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial electricity usage; Corporate social Responsibility; Demand side management programs; Determinants of participation

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; FIRM SIZE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PROBABILITY; UTILITY SECTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856242553     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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