Customer value of smart metering: Explorative evidence from a choice-based conjoint study in Switzerland

Energy Policy

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 229-239

  Kaufmann, Simon ^a   Künzel, Karoline ^b   Loock, Moritz ^b  

^a Repower AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Customer value; Smart metering

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SEGMENTS; CUSTOMER VALUES; CUSTOMER-PERCEIVED VALUES; ELECTRICITY CUSTOMERS; MARKET SEGMENT; POSITIVE VALUE; SMART METERING; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SWITZERLAND;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY;

SALES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; PERCEPTION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84871442252     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.10.072     Document Type: Article

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