Estimating the potential for electricity savings in households

Boogen, Nina

doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2017.02.008

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“…In the literature, this is referred to as the "energy efficiency gap" (Jaffe & Stavins, 1994). In the household sector this gap could be considerable in size given that several studies show a relatively large potential for residential energy efficiency improvements (Filippini & Hunt, 2011;Blasch et al, 2017a;Boogen, 2017;McKinsey & Company, 2009;Weyman-Jones et al, 2015).…”

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Empower the Consumer! Energy-Related Financial Literacy and its Socioeconomic Determinants

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To be aware of the potential for energy savings in their homes, individuals need specific energy-related and financial knowledge. In addition, they also need the cognitive skills to apply this knowledge, for example when it comes to the calculation of the lifetime cost of household appliances or energy-efficient renovations. This set of knowledge and skills is related to two literacy concepts, i.e. energy and financial literacy. In this paper, we propose a new concept of literacy that we call "energy-related financial literacy". Further, we present information on the level of financial literacy as well as on the level of energy-related financial literacy for a sample of European households. In the empirical part of the paper we estimate several ordered probit models in order to analyse the determinants of the level of energy-related financial literacy, with a particular interest to understanding the role of gender. Our results show that the level of energy-related financial literacy is relatively low and heterogeneous across the European countries. Moreover, the results confirm previous findings about the gender gap in financial literacy, with males being associated with higher levels of the index. We also identify such a gender gap for energy-related financial literacy.

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“…A separate issue is the efficiency of energy use by all types of households. So, according to the researcher Boogen Nina in Switzerland, the average inefficiency of electricity use by Swiss households is about 20-25% [5]. Probably, in Russia, the population spends inefficiently a large share of total energy, including electricity.…”

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Factor analysis of energy saving in households

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The paper discusses such issues as the role and importance of studying energy-saving behavior of households in the national economy and society, the need for new methodological approaches to their study, neoclassical, institutional, technological approaches to the study of the behavior of households in the energy sector. Also the basics of construction of multi-parameter mathematical models of household behavior are proposed..

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“…These contrasted scenarios reflect the numerous uncertainties in the underlying drivers of demand. On the one hand, energy efficiency might keep improving, lowering demand (Boogen, 2017;Boogen et al, 2017). On the other hand, the increase in the number of electric vehicles or in the use of hydrogen (Cany et al, 2017) could be drivers of power demand growth.…”

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The second French nuclear bet

Perrier

2018

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Following the first oil crisis, France launched the worlds largest ever nuclear energy program, commissioning 58 new reactors. These reactors are now reaching 40 years of age, the end of their technological lifetime. This places France at an energy policy crossroads: should the reactors be retrofitted or should they be decommissioned? The cost-optimal decision depends on several factors going forward, in particular the expected costs of nuclear energy production, electricity demand levels and carbon prices, all of which are subject to significant uncertainty. To deal with these uncertainties, we apply the Robust Decision Making framework to determine which reactors should be retrofitted. We build an investment and dispatch optimization model, calibrated for France. Then we use it to study 27 retrofit strategies for all combinations of uncertain parameters, with nearly 8,000 runs. Our analysis indicates that robust strategies involve the early closure of 10 to 20 reactors, while extending the life of all other reactors. These strategies provide a hedge against the risks of unexpected increases in retrofit costs, low demand and low carbon prices. Our work also highlights the vulnerabilities of the official French government scenarios, and complements them by suggesting new robust strategies. These results provide a timely contribution to the current debate on the lifetime extension of nuclear plants in France.

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Estimating the potential for electricity savings in households

Cited by 38 publications

References 40 publications

Empower the Consumer! Energy-Related Financial Literacy and its Socioeconomic Determinants

Empower the Consumer! Energy-Related Financial Literacy and its Socioeconomic Determinants

Factor analysis of energy saving in households

The second French nuclear bet

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