Residential End-use Electricity Demand: Development over Time

摘要: It is costly and difficult to meter electricity consumption for different end uses, e.g. space heating, lighting household appliances. We deduce a model using cross-sectional data total annual sample of households, together with information from energy surveys, estimate the uses within an econometric demand conditional on appliance ownership. By applying consistent method Norwegian 1990, 2001 2006 (repeated cross-sections), we compare results over time detect possible trends. find that many use necessities such as washing, water heating refrigeration varies somewhat year year, but they show no trend. steady increase in used more untraditional newer types Total purposes quite stable period.