Information Provision, Market Incentives, and Household Electricity Consumption: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Deployment

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Journal: Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Year: 2018
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Pages: 207 - 231

Authors (2)

Steve Martin (not in RePEc) Nicholas Rivers (Université d'Ottawa)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We evaluate a large-scale field deployment in which close to 7,000 households subject to time-of-using electricity pricing were provided with an in-home display that provides real-time feedback on electricity consumption and price. We find that receipt of the device results in a reduction in average electricity consumption of about 3%, with this effect roughly constant across hours of the day. We find evidence that households respond to this information in part by forming habits rather than adjusting their load-shifting behavior. We also find that real-time information has an ambiguous effect on household responsiveness to electricity prices, counter to existing literature where information increases responsiveness to price.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:ucp:jaerec:doi:10.1086/694036
Journal Field
Environment
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29