The Effect of Information on TOU Electricity Use: An Irish Residential Study
研究在分时电价下，不同信息反馈方式（双月账单、月账单、家庭显示设备）对爱尔兰居民用电的影响，发现实时信息在初期可降低高峰用电8.7%，但效果三个月后消失。
ABSTRACT The disconnect between the time of use and the time of payment is sometimes blamed for the little awareness that many consumers appear to have about their usage of electricity. Real time information feedback combined with various pricing schemes has been found to reduce residential energy consumption more than information and pricing policies alone. I examine the effect of information provision with bi-monthly billing, monthly billing, and in-home displays in addition to a time-of-use pricing scheme on consumption over each month of the Irish Consumer Behavior Trial. I find that time-of-use pricing with real time usage information reduces electricity usage up to 8.7 percent during peak times at the start of the trial but the effect becomes indistinguishable from other treatment groups after the first three months. Increasing billing reports to the monthly level or a web application providing real time information may be more cost effective than in-home displays.