Research Catalog

Title

Quantitative aspects of industrial use of electricity under time-of-use rates in France, England, and Wales / Jan Paul Acton, Derek McKay.

Author

Acton, Jan Paul.

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : Rand, c1983.

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Details

Additional Authors

• McKay, Derek, 1947-
• Electric Power Research Institute
• John A. Hartford Foundation.
• Rand Corporation.

Description

xiii, 70 p. : ill.; 29 cm.

Summary

Examines the responses of time-of-use (TOU) electricity rates by large industrial and commercial customers in France, England, and Wales. The report analyzes quantitatively the daily and seasonal patterns of electricity use for a sample of customers who have faced TOU rates for 10 to 20 years. Some of the conclusions drawn are: TOU prices have an effect on customers' loads by almost any measure applied; industry-specific patterns of adjustment appear to be consistent with the industrial processes involved; and firms possessing self-generating capability make added adjustments in their daily loads by reducing peak and shoulder period use and increasing off-period electricity consumption. Two major policy implications for the United States are suggested: First, although on average there is clear evidence of response to TOU rates, considerable variability remains from firm to firm and from industry to industry. Second, offering optional rates allows a firm to select the most advantageous rate for the pattern of consumption the firm is willing to achieve.

Subject

• Electric utilities > Rates > Time-of-use pricing
• Industries > Energy consumption > Costs
• Costs, Industrial

Note

• "Prepared for the Electric Power Research Institute, Inc./John A. Hartford Foundation."
• "R-3010-EPRI/HF/RC."
• "March 1983."

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 69-70.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0833004921 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^83003399^

OCLC

• 9370917
• SCSB-10419951

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library