It thereby distinguishes between households that 鈥 in the past ten years-switched contracts but stayed with the same supplier (internal switchers) and those that switched to a new supplier (external switchers). With the exception of Ek and Soderholm's study (2008), the factors related to ...
other similar initiatives in the UK and elsewhere. For households, this will also include any particular issues for the fuel poor and potential distributional impacts. Commercial - Practical realisation of demand-side services - given different roles and ...
The move made Goldman Sachs, via its private equity arm, one of the first Wall Street firms involved in selling retail energy contracts to households, according toTyson Slocum, energy and climate director of consumer watchdog Public Citizen. Possible conflict? Slocumnotedthat Goldman's trading ...
For households, the electricity service has become one of the key factors in the choice of retailer due to the homogenization of electricity quality. As a result, retailers can differentiate their electricity services by targeting different income groups when designing retail packages. Specifically, whe...
Intuitively, household's electricity demand in general, and the response to prices in particular, may vary within a day, and this may be true both for households on dynamic pricing contracts as well as for households on the more common type of contracts with prices varying by month or by ye...
The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) in the Canadian province of Ontario has revealed plans to launch annual capacity auctions in a bid to reduce electricity costs for households. March 26, 2019Brian Publicover Markets Markets & Policy ...
New study makes surprising find about households with rooftop solar panels — here’s what it means (thecooldown.com) July 23rd, 2024 Article by Juliana Marino published on Mon, July 23, 2024, on thecooldown.com New study makes surprising find about households with rooftop solar panels — ...
The lack of fuel was exacerbated by the shortage of U.S. dollars in the past three years, which limits the country's capacity to import fuel for the operation of power stations. As a result, Lebanese households bear daily intermittent power cuts that last for up to 20 hours a day. ...
namely the introduction of a carbon tax, that has a significant impact in the energy demand reduction in a long-term horizon, but with many political obstacles such as the risk of fuel poverty (i.e. households spend more than 10% of their income for heating and hot water) and the increa...
The idea is that households may be willing to change their demand for electricity during certain hours of the day for monetary compensation. To effectively design contracts that properly target, and help manage, demand — it is crucial to have information on households' preferences for different ...