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Load Shifting Under Voluntary Residential Time-Of-Use Rates

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In this paper, evidence is provided on customer response in Pacific Gas and Electric's voluntary time-of-use (TOU) rate experiment, and volunteers have a greater ability to shift usage in response to TOU rates than comparable customers on mandatory rates.
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Time-of-use (TOU) pricing has emerged in recent years as a popular rate program, offering utilities both a more efficient pricing mechanism and a tool for load management. Initial experiments with TOU pricing were generally designed to provide evidence on customer response to mandatory TOU rates, while residential TOU rates are currently being applied on a voluntary basis. In this paper evidence is provided on customer response in Pacific Gas and Electric's voluntary TOU rate experiment. Comparing the results to those obtained in earlier mandatory experiments, volunteers are found to have a greater ability to shift usage in response to TOU rates than comparable customers on mandatory rates.

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