In this thesis, I explore why this is the case by empirically investigating two groups of questions. (1) On the "supply" side: Do utilities choose to offer TOU rates in residential sectors on their own initiative if state commissions do not ...

The first part of this study presents an econometric analysis of the consumer response to time-of-use pricing of electricity using data from the Wisconsin Residential Time-Of-Use Electricity Pricing Experiment for July of 1977.

In October 2013, the Taiwan Power Company (Taipower), the monopolized state utility service in Taiwan, implemented an electricity tariff adjustment policy to reduce residential electricity demand.

In this work, we design twelve revenue-neutral tariffs which recover the same total amount of revenues as ComEd's default volumetric tariff.

Scenario analyses of example PG & E customer bills will also be presented. What would these residential customers pay if they were still operating under a tiered structure, and/or if they participated in peak hour reductions?

There has been long dispute on Internet service rate system since high-speed Internet was introduced.

We investigate the causes behind the underwhelming adoption of voluntary Time-of-Use (TOU) tariffs in the residential electricity market.