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Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. In early days, electricity was considered as being unrelated to magnetism.

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Electricity consumption modelling: A case of Germany

Highlights•Electricity consumption is a useful variable in economics.•We compare two simple, yet flexible models for hourly electricity consumption in Germany.•The model where we forecast electricity consumption independently for each hour performs better.

Linh Phuong Catherine Do Publication date: 2016/06/01
Household electricity access, availability and human well-being: Evidence from India

Highlights•Nexus between well-being, and electricity access and availability is quantified.•Electricity access is positively associated with well-being in rural but not urban.•Electricity availability negatively associates with morbidity and absenteeism.•Electricity security as human well-being enabler seeks nuanced policy attention.•Decentralized rapidly deployable modular technologies and microgrids are advocated.

Sohail Ahmad Publication date: 2014/06/01
What do customers want from improved residential electricity services? Evidence from a choice experiment

Highlights•Customers' preferences for improved residential electricity services are analyzed.•Empirical setting is a sample of residents in South Korea.•The electricity bills and electricity mix are important to customers.•Increase in electricity bill of different electricity mix is considered.

Sung-Yoon Huh Publication date: 2015/10/01
Original Research ArticleEnergy consumption transition through the use of electricity for lighting and cooking: evidence from Bhutan

Highlights•Analyzes determinants of choice of electricity for light and cooking.•Large fraction of population uses electricity only for light.•Poor and less educated households use electricity only for light.•Rich and educated household uses electricity for both light and cooling.

Dil Bahadur Rahut Publication date: 2017/04/01
Component estimation for electricity market data: Deterministic or stochastic?

Highlights•Unobserved component models vs. regression splines for electricity load and prices•The stochastic approach produces more season-reactive weekly periodic components.•The deterministic approach yields more uncorrelated residuals.•In terms of prediction, both approaches are similar and effective. No clear winner•Removing outliers does not improve predictions.

Francesco Lisi Publication date: 2018/08/01
Policy considerations for limiting electricity theft in the developing countries

Highlights•The study analyzed electricity theft and corruption through a principal-agent model.•The model suggest that individuals opt electricity theft by comparing benefits and costs.•Rising electricity tariffs increase the expected benefit of stealing electricity.•Improved deterrence and involvement of civil society can limit corruption and the theft.•Corruption is at the heart of electricity theft that need to be resolved.

Faisal Jamil Publication date: 2019/06/01
Industrial applications of production planning with optimal electricity demand

AbstractThe differentiation of the electricity tariff is a way to influence the electricity demand. Savings can be made when part of the electricity demand can be shifted to low-rate periods. However, the optimal production flow is often related to the electricity demand in a non-linear way. For an industry with an approximately linear electricity demand the optimal production schedule implies decreased production to yield a decreased electricity demand. A strongly non-linear electricity demand, on the other hand, may even imply an increased production to yield a decreased electricity demand. The optimal production schedules of three industrial cases are studied in response to two price constructions, represented as two differentiated tariffs.

K. Nilsson Publication date: 1993/01/01
Residential demand for electricity: The case of Greece

AbstractThis paper examines the determinants of residential electricity consumption in Greece over the period 1961-86. The paper presents first a brief description of the evolution of residential electricity consumption. Then, it proceeds in the estimation of elasticities of residential demand for electricity using a single equation model with the ridge regression method. The paper concludes that (i) the residential demand for electricity is price inelastic and income elastic; (ii) there is high substitutability between electricity and LPG; (iii) during the examined period the number of consumers played a very important role in the expansion of electricity consumption in Greece; and (iv) there is no regional variation in residential electricity demand.

George S. Donatos Publication date: 1991/01/01
On the correlation of electricity spot market prices and photovoltaic electricity generation

AbstractDiscussions about market introduction of grid connected photovoltaics (PV) and its costs usually concentrate only on the gross energy produced without taking the time dependency of electricity prices and, thus, the time dependency of the value of PV electricity into account. To make a first approximation of what the effect of the time variance of electricity cost on the value of PV electricity is, the correlation with spot market prices is analysed in this paper. PV is not dispatchable by nature, but is relatively well predictable in the range of one day, if the average of spatially dispersed systems is considered. Thus, this correlation gives a good indication for the additional value of PV electricity.

Tim Meyer Publication date: 2004/10/01
The Fair Isle Community Electricity Scheme

ABSTRACTDue to its isolation, Fair Isle has no public electricity supply for its 70 inhabitants. Electricity is produced for a few hours each day by diesel generators. Though the system is efficient, running costs are high and continuing to rise. Fair Isle Electricity Committee is looking for an alternative method of electricity generation. With a mean wind speed of 9.3 m/s, wind power would appear to be the solution for Fair Isle, and such a project is already in its very early stages.

David Wheeler Publication date: 1981/01/01
Chapter 1 - Energy Demand and Solar Electricity

AbstractThe natural connection we humans already have with sunlight in our daily lives is presented in Chapter 1 where we consider how much energy we demand not just to remain alive but also to live life in our increasingly technology-dense societies. From this, the electricity demand in the USA and also globally is examined, and the amount of electricity generated from photovoltaic modules is compared to other electricity generation technologies such as coal-fired power plants and wind turbines.

Alexander P. Kirk Publication date: 2015/01/01
Residential electricity consumption after the reform of tiered pricing for household electricity in China

Highlights•More than 70% of the surveyed residents understand the TPHE reform.•The electricity expenditures of 80% households almost remained constant.•Households in the third electricity price tier are more sensitive to the price change.•TPHE helps households to change the inefficient pattern of electricity consumption.•Income has a significant impact on elasticity of electricity consumption.

Gang Du Publication date: 2015/11/01
Electricity intensity in UK industry

AbstractContinuing a recent line of investigation, the issue of electricity use in industry is examined with the aim of presenting a more satisfactory explanation of the growth in overall electricity intensity. The present analysis deals with the changing composition of industrial production at a highly disaggregated level and the significant part that this has played in increasing the electricity-output ratio. Although the ratio has grown at 2% per annum, once allowance is made for the compositional effect and for changes in the level of private generation, electricity intensity appears to have been remarkably constant over the 1970s.

Charles Jenne Publication date: 1983/12/01
Time dynamics of electricity demand in air-distribution systems for commercial buildings in Sweden

AbstractThis paper illustrates the potential for reducing future electricity demand for air distribution in commercial buildings in Sweden. We have developed a general, quantitative, scenario-based framework to describe electricity demand for air distribution and to analyze how governmental and utility-sponsored policy measures affect electricity demand. The results suggest that higher electricity prices will not be very effective in reducing electricity demand, whereas significant electricity savings can be achieved by implementing desirable policy programs.

Lena Christiansson Publication date: 1996/10/01
Analysing the drivers of the intensity of electricity consumption of non-residential sectors in Europe

Highlights•Determinants of electricity intensity of non-residential productive sectors.•A static panel data model which is estimated with three different methods.•Technological progress and the price of electricity reduce such intensity.•The accumulated stock of physical capital and investment increase such intensity.•Major influence of the accumulated capital stock. Limited influence of electricity prices.

María Jesús Gutiérrez-Pedrero Publication date: 2018/02/01
Electricity restructuring in Turkey

AbstractTurkey implemented the electricity sector reform by which the Electricity Market Law no. 4628 passed in February 2001. Recently, all segments of the Turkish electricity sector are dominated by a vertically integrated, public-owned monopoly—Türkiye Elektrik Kurumu—the Turkish electricity institution. The Turkish electricity reform involves vertical deintegration of generation, transmission and distribution, introduction of competition into generation and retail sale, establishment of an independent regulatory authority and privatization of public generation and distribution entities. This article provides an overview of the Turkish electricity sector reform and defines some problems that may affect the reform success.

Özlem Özkývrak Publication date: 2005/07/01
CHAPTER 3 - AFTER NATIONALISATION

Publisher SummaryThis chapter elaborates discusses the British Electricity Authority and 14 Area Electricity Boards that were established under the Electricity Act 1947. The Electricity Act, 1957, dissolved the Central Electricity Authority, and established the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) and the Electricity Council. Individual Boards (including the CEGB) must consult the Council before settling their capital programs requiring the Minister's approval, and before settling their tariffs for the supply of electricity. In the early part of the 1939–1945 war, the interconnected grid proved to be valuable in enabling supplies of electricity to be maintained or rapidly restored when the normal local sources of supply were cut off by enemy action, and in permitting the strategic siting of war factories, even in localities where sufficient local generation did not exist. In Northern Ireland, the Electricity Supply (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 created a new structure for the Read more...

D.J. HARRIS Publication date: 1980/01/01
Electricity availability: A precondition for faster economic growth?

Highlights•There is some evidence that electricity availability affects subsequent economic growth.•Much of the effect disappears once suitable controls are included.•We use cross-sectional and panel regressions with national-level decadal data.•We examine multiple dimensions of electricity availability.

Rohan Best Publication date: 2018/08/01
The determinants of household electricity consumption in Taiwan: Evidence from quantile regression

Highlights•We analyze the determinants of household electricity use between 1981 and 2011.•We identify the characteristics of high-electricity-consuming households.•The effects of predictor variables differ across quantiles and change over time.•Income variable and household size were significant in all quantiles for each year.•Strategies for reducing electricity use should focus on high electricity users.

Wen-Hsiu Huang Publication date: 2015/07/01
Analysis of real-time electricity consumption in Canadian school buildings

Highlights•Electricity use increase in newer schools was statistically significant.•However, spaces in new schools were using less electricity.•Other factors (e.g. increased automation and advanced HVAC) may explain the increase.•Occupancy patterns also significantly affected electricity use in school spaces.•Therefore, efforts to decrease buildings’ electricity use should focus on occupancy.

Mohamed Ouf Publication date: 2016/09/15
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