The Conservation and Welfare Effects of Information in a Time-of-Day Pricing Experiment

摘要: A recurring concern in TOD pricing studies has been that short term experimental rates may not stimulate as much conservation would occur if were implemented on a permanent basis. That is, how accurately do results extend to nonexperimental settings? The present paper provides information relevant this adjustment question. We examine little analyzed component of the experiment conducted by Southern California Edison (SCE) Company, wherein subset treatment households had continuous-display, electricity use monitoring device installed mid- way through experiment. SCE was one 14 initiated U.S. Department Energy (DOE). Most analyses have based DOE-initiated studies, but only such study include component.