Residential winter kWh responsiveness under optional time-varying pricing in British Columbia

Applied Energy

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 288-297

  Woo, C K ^a,b   Li, R ^c   Shiu, A ^c   Horowitz, I ^a,d  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Energy and Environmental Economics Inc   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Optional time varying pricing; Residential price responsiveness; Winter peak kWh reduction

Indexed keywords

COSTS; HOUSING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONTROL DEVICE; ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS; RESIDENTIAL PRICE RESPONSIVENESS; TIME VARYING; WINTER MONTHS;

TIME VARYING CONTROL SYSTEMS;

DATA SET; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRICING POLICY; WINTER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84876344990     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.03.042     Document Type: Article

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