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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments December 9, 2022 erstellt
Beschreibung:
The paper reports the results of evaluating the hourly impact of a behavioral intervention tested in a randomized controlled trial. Under the program, a randomly selected group of households in Alberta was provided visual information on their home heat loss. I find that the households conserve the same amount of electricity during peak and off-peak electricity demand hours, so accounting for the intraday distribution of the electricity savings is not important when measuring the social benefits of the program. The most plausible reason for the flat savings profile could be the absence of hourly variation in retail electricity rates. As a policy recommendation, the study suggests implementing retail electricity prices fluctuating within a day