It’s only a matter of time: Flexibility, activities and time of use tariffs in the United Kingdom

摘要: Abstract In current academic, policy and industry debates there is significant emphasis on the importance of enhancing level flexibility electricity demand. Flexibility considered critical in order to improve balancing with renewables, reduce costs generation make most smart systems battery storage. There remain questions around how delivered, which portions demand will take part different aspects markets. The aim paper identify activities home for people may either gain or lose following introduction Time Use (ToU) tariffs. It uses 2014–2015 UK Survey data cluster households terms similarities at peak time differently affected by ToU tariffs across several socio-demographic parameters (i.e. work status, income, family structure). Findings show that sociodemographic distribution did not demonstrate any dominant parameter. Instead, clustering based timing has provided distinctive patterns can shed light groups who might be advantaged disadvantaged from