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Quantitative aspects of industrial use of electricity under time-of-use rates in France, England, and Wales / Jan Paul Acton, Derek McKay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Acton, Jan Paul.
- Series:
- R (Rand Corporation)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electric utilities--Rates--Time-of-use pricing.
- Electric utilities.
- Industries--Energy consumption--Costs.
- Industries.
- Costs, Industrial.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 70 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 1983.
- Summary:
- Examines the responses of time-of-use (TOU) electricity rates by large industrial and commercial customers in France, England, and Wales. The report analyzes quantitatively the daily and seasonal patterns of electricity use for a sample of customers who have faced TOU rates for 10 to 20 years. Some of the conclusions drawn are: TOU prices have an effect on customers' loads by almost any measure applied; industry-specific patterns of adjustment appear to be consistent with the industrial processes involved; and firms possessing self-generating capability make added adjustments in their daily loads by reducing peak and shoulder period use and increasing off-period electricity consumption. Two major policy implications for the United States are suggested: First, although on average there is clear evidence of response to TOU rates, considerable variability remains from firm to firm and from industry to industry. Second, offering optional rates allows a firm to select the most advantageous rate for the pattern of consumption the firm is willing to achieve.
- Notes:
- "Prepared for the Electric Power Research Institute, Inc./John A. Hartford Foundation."
- "March 1983."
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