Testing residential energy pricing in the Krakow, Poland, municipal district heat system

Conference · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:87423

Wisnewski, R; Reeves, G ^[1]; Markiewicz, J ^[2]

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1. George Reeves Associates, Inc., Lake Hopatcong, NJ (United States)
2. Fundacja na Rzecz Efektywnego Wykorzystania Energii w Krakowie, Krakow (Poland)

While understanding of the operation of the price and rebate mechanism may be imperfect in the United States, in Poland most of the necessary infrastructure simply does not exist. Of all the former Soviet-bloc countries, Poland has moved the quickest to a market economy; however, the stresses have been and continue to be significant, particularly on the pensioned. The energy sector of the economy is still centrally planned while the legal framework for a transition to a regulated market is created. Some utilities have made more rapid progress than others in the transition. This paper describes the first year of an experiment involving design, implementation, and analysis of a pilot pricing, conservation, and heating system control experiment in 264 apartments in four buildings. The results--and experience in the United States--will be used to guide the pricing decisions of the municipal district heat utility and the conservation and air quality strategies of the Krakow development authority. Development of a price incentive strategy involved considerations of public policy toward fixed-income occupants and ownership of energy metering. Thermostats were installed to permit occupant control, and building-level conservation and control techniques were implemented. Physical constraints required the use of German ``cost allocator`` metering technology at the apartment level. Final subsidy or ``pseudo-pricing`` design included-building-level incentives as well as apartment performance inducements. Results include insights on communication and cultural impacts and guidance for future testing as well as energy conservation effectiveness values.

• OSTI ID: 87423
• Report Number(s): CONF-950104-; TRN: IM9535%%54
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) winter meeting and exhibition, Chicago, IL (United States), 28 Jan - 1 Feb 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of ASHRAE transactions 1995. Volume 101, Part 1; PB: 1517 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
HEAT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
RATE STRUCTURE
POLAND
SUBSIDIES
ENERGY EXPENSES
ECONOMIC IMPACT
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS