[ECON20141709]

能源經濟學研討會 

【總第45期】

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

本次能源經濟學研討會邀請到亞利桑那州立大學助理教授邱月明博士做學術講演。
時間：6月30日，星期一，14:30—15:30
地點：中國人民大學明德主樓734會議室
報告摘要：
     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.
作者簡介： 
     邱月明，亞利桑那州立大學莫里森農業(yè)與資源管理學院助理教授，研究方向為能源與環(huán)境經濟學、技術和創(chuàng)新經濟學與行為實驗。邱月明博士擁有斯坦福大學土木與環(huán)境工程博士學位以及管理科學與工程博士學位，并且同時擔任環(huán)境與資源經濟學家協(xié)會、美國能源經濟協(xié)會、美國經濟協(xié)會的會員。目前邱博士已在國內外期刊發(fā)表論文十余篇，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。


     能源經濟學研討會（Energy Economics Seminar）由中國人民大學經濟學院能源經濟系定期推出，旨在為研究中國能源經濟問題的學者提供一個交流的平臺。 

聯(lián)系人：宋楓（songfeng@ruc.edu.cn）  

中國人民大學 經濟學院能源經濟系