Price-based demand side management: Assessing the impacts of time-of-use tariffs on residential electricity demand and peak shifting in Northern Italy

Energy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 576-583

  Torriti, Jacopo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand side management; Residential electricity demand; Smart meters; Time of Use

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

DATA SETS; DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENTS; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SERVICES; LOAD SHIFTING; NORTHERN ITALY; PEAK ELECTRICITY DEMAND; PEAK LOAD; PEAK SHIFTING; PRICE-BASED; RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY; RESIDENTIAL USERS; SMART METERS; TIME-OF-USE;

ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT;

DATA SET; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO;

EID: 84864373970     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.05.043     Document Type: Article

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