Energy spending and vulnerable households

The Future of Electricity Demand: Customers, Citizens and Loads

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 318-334

  Jamasb, Tooraj ^a   Meier, Helena ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84931410747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511996191.019     Document Type: Chapter

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