The impact of dynamic pricing on residential and small commercial and industrial usage: New experimental evidence from connecticut

Energy Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 137-160

  Faruqui, Ahmad ^a   Sergici, Sanem ^a   Akaba, Lamine ^a  

^a THE BRATTLE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical Peak Pricing; Dynamic Pricing; Elasticity of Substitution; Enabling Technologies; Impact Evaluation; Peak Time Rebates; Residential Customers; Small Commercial and Industrial (C I) Customers; Time of Use Rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893123747     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/01956574.35.1.8     Document Type: Article

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