کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5063622 1476698 2017 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
How does daylight saving time affect electricity demand? An answer using aggregate data from a natural experiment in Western Australia
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی انرژی انرژی (عمومی)
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How does daylight saving time affect electricity demand? An answer using aggregate data from a natural experiment in Western Australia
چکیده انگلیسی


- Estimate the effect of daylight saving time (DST) on electricity demand
- Use a unique natural experiment data of DST from Western Australia
- DST has little effect on overall electricity demand and generation costs.
- DST reduces electricity demand substantially in the late afternoon and early evening.

Daylight saving time (DST) affects the lives of more than 1.6 billion people worldwide, with energy saving being the original rationale for its implementation. This study takes advantage of natural experiment data from September 2006 to March 2013 in Western Australia in which DST was observed from December 2006 to March 2009, to estimate the effect of DST on electricity demand. Using the difference-in-differences (DD) approach, we find that DST has little effect on overall electricity demand and electricity generation costs. However, it has a strong redistributional effect by reducing electricity demand substantially in the late afternoon and early evening. This redistributional effect of DST may be of particular interest for policymakers who are interested in controlling high demand and the short term energy market price.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Energy Economics - Volume 66, August 2017, Pages 247-260
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