Distributional effects of Time of Use tariffs based on electricity demand and time use

Yunusov, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2318-3009 and Torriti, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0569-039X (2021) Distributional effects of Time of Use tariffs based on electricity demand and time use. Energy Policy, 156. 112412. ISSN 0301-4215 doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112412

Abstract/Summary

The introduction of Time of Use (ToU) tariffs may affect residential electricity consumers differently depending not only on their financial position but also time availability. The aim of this paper is to identify socio-demographic groups which may be financially advantaged or disadvantaged by the introduction of ToU tariffs. Assuming no behavioural change, we impose ToU tariffs on UK half hourly smart meter data and the synthetic demand profiles for different household composition generated using the 2014–2015 UK Time Use Survey data and optimisation of energy consumption per activity against the smart meter data. The distributional effects of ToU tariffs are obtained for customer segmentation and socio-demographic groups, and presented in terms of peak to off-peak ratios and impacts on the synthetic demand profiles. Findings on the distributional effects of ToU tariffs reveal regional differences (e.g. positive effects for high income groups in London) and household composition similarities (e.g. positive effects for households with children not in the high-income group).

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/98828
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112412
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Energy Research Science > School of the Built Environment > Energy and Environmental Engineering group
Publisher	Elsevier
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