Residential response to time-of-use rates. Final report. Volume 3: data and statistical appendixes
The goal of the transferability project was to develop a model that utilities could use to simulate changes in residential customer loads in response to mandatory residential Time-of-Use (TOU) pricing electricity. Estimation of the model was based upon data for individual households participating in residential pricing experiments in selected areas throughout the United States. There was considerable variation among the experiments in climate, and among sampled customers in appliance holdings, income, housing characteristics, and climate. During the first phase of the project, the residential pricing experiments were appraised in terms of their potential to contribute to the developmemt of the transferability model. On the basis of this appraisal, five experiments were selected as the basic data base for the transferability model: Carolina Power and Light, Connecticut Light and Power, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Southern California Edison, and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation. Statistical analysis was used to estimate economic models of residential response to TOU rates for the individual experiments, and to test whether customer response was consistent across the experiments once the effects of appliance, holdings, customer characteristics, and climate had been accounted for. Results showed that consistency did exist; it is possible to use a single model to simulate customer response for a wide range of service territories in the United States. The primary factor that determines the degree of customer response is the price differential between peak and off-peak usage. The degree of customer response is also related to appliance holdings, customer characteristics, and climate.
- Research Organization:
- Christensen (Laurits R.) Associates, Inc., Madison, WI (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6711690
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-EA-3560-Vol.3; ON: TI84920426
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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