Voluntary Conservation and Electricity Peak Demand: A Case Study of the Modesto Irrigation District
通过莫德斯托灌区两年的保护实验，使用协方差分析量化了自愿保护计划对降低电力高峰需求的效果，为公共事业管理者提供参考。
This paper presents the empirical evidence of a two-year conservation experiment conducted by the Modesto Irrigation District. The Modesto and Turlock Irrigation Districts (MID and TID) are two congruous, publicly owned utilities located in the Central Valley of California, supplying water and electrical power to customers within their respective service territories. The study provides a quantitative measure of the effectiveness of the conservation program by using an analysis-of-covariance technique. The organization is straightforward. Section 2 establishes the theoretical framework used for analysis. In section 3, the sources and nature of statistical data gathered for the study are described, and the way in which the data are tailored to satisfy the underlying assumptions of the model are explained. Section 4 summarizes the major findings of the research, and section 5 presents conclusions together with a brief discussion of policy implications. 13 references, 2 figures, 4 tables.