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Household Response to Incentive Payments for Load Shifting: A Japanese Time-of-Day Electricity Pricing Experiment

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  • Added:Thursday, May 13th, 2010
  • Writer(s):Isamu Matsukawa, Hiroshi Asano, and Hitoshi Kakimoto
  • Publication Date:2000
  • Publisher:The Energy Journal
  • Abstract:We measure the effect of incentive payments of residential time-of-day (TOD) electricity demand in summer, using data from a residential TOD electricity pricing experiment in the Kyushu region of southern Japan. During the experiment, participating households could receive incentive payments if they reduce their peak usage share. Results based on an econometric model indicate that households have shifted their electricity usage from peak to off-peak periods in response to the incentive payment, but the effect of the incentive payment on load shifting was modest.
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The Benefits of Information on the Efficient Usage of Consumer Durables: Experimental Evidence Concerning Residential Energy Conservation

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  • Added:Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
  • Writer(s):Isamu Matsukawa
  • Publication Date:November 30, 2004
  • Publisher:Musashi University Discussion Paper No. 38
  • Abstract:This paper attempts to measure the benefits of information about efficient usage of electric appliances consumers receive through energy conservation, using data from a Japanese experiment. In the experiment, households could easily obtain information on how to achieve efficient usage of electric appliances through a display installed at their residence. The data were used to estimate a utility-consistent, discrete-continuous model of display usage and electricity demand. Full information maximum likelihood estimates of a tranlsog indirect utility function and electricity cost share function indicate that information provision contributed to energy conservation and to welfare improvements of consumers in the experiment.
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Household Response to Optional Peak-Load Pricing of Electricity

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  • Added:Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
  • Writer(s):Isamu Matsukawa
  • Publication Date:2001
  • Publisher:Kluwer Academic Publishers
  • Abstract:I investigate the impacts of voluntary time-of-day (TOD) rates on residential demand for electricity. My analysis is based on a sample of a survey, which provides cross-sectional data on electricity consumption and economic/demographic features for both TOD and non-TOD households in Japan. This information is used to develop an almost ideal demand system for the TOD electricity consumption during the summer. The results show that (1) household response to the high price of the peak period is relatively modest, and (2) the relative magnitudes of the price and selection effects depend on the ownership of water heaters.
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