[ECON20141709]

能源经济学研讨会 

【总第45期】

Effects of Voluntary Time-of-Use Pricing on Summer Electricity Usage of Business Customers: A Matching Approach 

本次能源经济学研讨会邀请到亚利桑那州立大学助理教授邱月明博士做学术讲演。
时间：6月30日，星期一，14:30—15:30
地点：中国人民大学明德主楼734会议室
报告摘要：
     Economic inefficiency can be caused by time-invariant retail electricity prices because they do not reflect variations in the cost of providing electricity during a day. Time-of-use (TOU) pricing, which has higher energy prices during on-peak hours and lower energy prices during off-peak hours, is by far the most common way to achieve more efficient levels of electricity consumption through reducing peak demand. The empirical evidence of the effectiveness of TOU pricing is sparse in the commercial and industrial sectors and there is no consensus in the literature on the statistical significance and magnitude of the effects. Applying a quasi-experimental design, this study evaluates an ongoing experimental voluntary business TOU pricing plan of a major utility company in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Using the nearest neighbor matching method, we identify control customers for the voluntary participants of the business TOU pricing. From difference-in-differences analysis, we find a statistically significant shift in demand from on-peak hours to off-peak hours during business hours in response to the TOU pricing. We also find that there is no conservation effect, meaning that the total level of energy consumption does not change for the TOU pricing.
作者简介： 
     邱月明，亚利桑那州立大学莫里森农业与资源管理学院助理教授，研究方向为能源与环境经济学、技术和创新经济学与行为实验。邱月明博士拥有斯坦福大学土木与环境工程博士学位以及管理科学与工程博士学位，并且同时担任环境与资源经济学家协会、美国能源经济协会、美国经济协会的会员。目前邱博士已在国内外期刊发表论文十余篇，包括“Do Energy Efficient Technologies Still Save Energy after Rebound Effects? An Econometric Analysis of Electricity Demand in the Commercial Building Sector”以及“Subsidy modes, waste cooking oil and biofuel: Policy effectiveness and sustainable supply chains in China”等等。


     能源经济学研讨会（Energy Economics Seminar）由中国人民大学经济学院能源经济系定期推出，旨在为研究中国能源经济问题的学者提供一个交流的平台。 

联系人：宋枫（songfeng@ruc.edu.cn）  

中国人民大学 经济学院能源经济系