However, low-income protections are appropriate for anactment in all places because vulnerable low-income families live in states with both restructured and traditional electricity regulation.doi:10.1111/1541-1338.t01-1-00006JERROLD OPPENHEIMTHEO MACGREGOR...
All Californians, including low-income families, have much to gain from TOU because it is a customer- focused program. For example, Washington D.C. initiated PowerCents DC, with nearly 900 residents, including low-income households, to test responsiveness to TOU pricing and to see how smart ...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of chronic functionalconstipation in children aged under 11 years of a low-incomecommunity in Recife, Northeast Brazil and to assess the validity ofcomplaints of bowel habits for the diagnosis of ... Maria Eugênia F. A. Motta,Gisélia A.P. da Silva ...
Electricity Consumption as a Predictor of Household Income: a Spatial Statistics ApproachThis study is one of a series of research analyses carried out within the Integrated Research Program: Microcredit for Low Income Families in the city of São Paulo, supported by GVpesquisa (Getulio Va...
Energy insecurity like this is especiallycommon among low-income Americans, people of color, families with young children, individuals who rely on electronic medical devices or those living in poor housing conditions. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we found that Black and Hispanic...
Due to the positive correlation between household electricity consumption and disposable income, retailers should take into full account the electricity demand of families at different income levels. The low income households represent indigent or extremely needy families who use electricity mainly for light...
It's not a problem solely for those who are considered low-income. The study found that 5.2 million households that live above the poverty line face this issue, with Black, Hispanic and Native American communities feeling a disproportionate impact. ...
Substation data (at Low Voltage network level) can give profiles of electricity use for communities of residential buildings (e.g. ∼200 dwellings) but will also exhibit other electrical loads not emanating from residential buildings. Availability of such data is not always in the public domain,...
several researchers have pointed out the negative implication of the fossil-fuel subsidy for energy efficiency [17,18,19]. For instance, Sun (2015) and Dube (2003) [20,21] highlighted that higher-income households benefit more than low-income households from energy subsidies, which has further...
The first two models, (a) and (b), apply to a group of households with low electricity consumption (<2500 kWh): For this group, the regression coefficient B1, which measures the impact of the share of renewable energy in the energy mix on the price level, is positive: 1.048 (0.600) ...