Liberalization of a retail electricity market: Consumer satisfaction and household switching behavior in Japan

Shin, Kong Joo; Managi, Shunsuke

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2017.07.048

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“…The interdisciplinarity of consumer behaviour requires different approaches to research the theoretical principles of switching behaviour (He & Reiner, 2017; Shin & Managi, 2017; Solomon, 2011). Among them, this research focuses on neo‐institutional theories because they explain the influence of market characteristics such as opportunistic behaviour and the existence of incomplete information in consumer decision taking (Walgenbach, 2006).…”

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“…The switching behaviour has received considerable attention from researchers in the field of sustainable energy consumption (Shin & Managi, 2017). Previous studies have detected positive associations between general environmental protection attitudes and willingness to switching towards a green electricity supplier (Arkesteijn & Oerlemans, 2005;Delmas, Russo, & Montes-Sancho, 2007;Hansla, Gamble, Juliusson, & Garling, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

“…Other studies found that renewable and green electricity were significant claims to select a provider in the United States and Sweden, respectively (Delmas et al, 2007; Garling, Gamble, & Juliusson, 2008). More recent studies emphasized the electricity mix and the sources of energy as important determinants of switching behaviour in the German and Japanese electricity markets (Kaenzig, Heinzle, & Wüstenhagen, 2013; Shin & Managi, 2017).…”

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Sustainable development and consumption: The role of trust for switching towards green energy

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This paper develops a model that helps to explain the switching behaviour of private consumers towards green electricity suppliers. It is built upon neo-institutional and neo-behavioural theories, including a series of antecedents of trust as reputation, perceived environmental impact, the propensity to trust and perceived risk. This model is applied through Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) to a sample of 787 German electricity consumers. Results demonstrate that trust has a direct influence on switching behaviour towards a green electricity supplier. Furthermore, reputation, perceived environmental impact, propensity to trust and perceived risk influence the switching behaviour of electricity suppliers through trust as mediating variable. It draws a co-habitation of neo-institutional and neo-behavioural theories in the construction of trust and the necessity to work on reducing consumers uncertainties.

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“…In order to incentive the uptake of high efficiency technologies and encourage customers to participate more in district grid operation management, Japanese policy makers are liberalizing the retail electricity market to increase their economic efficiency and produce benefits for consumers, mainly through price reductions, Shin and Managi [27]. In order to reinforce industrial competitiveness, Japan achieved full liberalization of the retail electricity market in April 2016.…”

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Grid Load Shifting and Performance Assessments of Residential Efficient Energy Technologies, a Case Study in Japan

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Ruan

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Abstract:The increasing penetration of renewable energy decreases grid flexibility; thus, decentralized energy management or demand response are emerging as the main approaches to resolve this limitation and to provide flexibility of resources. This research investigates the performance of high energy efficiency appliances and grid-integrated distributed generators based on real monitored data from a social demonstration project. The analysis not only explores the potential cost savings and environmental benefits of high energy efficiency systems in the private sector, but also evaluates public grid load leveling potential from a bottom-up approach. This research provides a better understanding of the behavior of high decentralized efficient energy and includes detailed scenarios of monitored power generation and consumption in a social demonstration project. The scheduled heat pump effectively lifts valley load via transforming electricity to thermal energy, its daily electricity consumption varies from 4 kWh to 10 kWh and is concentrated in the early morning over the period of a year. Aggregated vehicle to home (V2H) brings flexible resources to the grid, by discharging energy to cover the residential night peak load, with fuel cost savings attributed to 90% of profit. The potential for grid load leveling via integrating the power utility and consumer is examined using a bottom-up approach. Five hundred thousand contributions from scheduled electrical vehicles (EVs) and fuel cells provide 5.0% of reliable peak power capacity at 20:00 in winter. The outcome illustrates the energy cost saving and carbon emission reduction scenarios of each of the proposed technologies. Relevant subsidies for heat pump water heater systems and cogeneration are essential customers due to the high initial capital investment. Optimal mixes in structure and coordinated control of high efficiency technologies enable customers to participate in grid load leveling in terms of lowest cost, considering their different features and roles.

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Active Buildings Demand Response: Provision and Aggregation

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Liberalization of a retail electricity market: Consumer satisfaction and household switching behavior in Japan

Cited by 58 publications

References 20 publications

Sustainable development and consumption: The role of trust for switching towards green energy

Sustainable development and consumption: The role of trust for switching towards green energy

Grid Load Shifting and Performance Assessments of Residential Efficient Energy Technologies, a Case Study in Japan

Active Buildings Demand Response: Provision and Aggregation

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