Description and evaluation of the Vermont demonstration project. Final report

• Main Author: White, S.B.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION; CONSUMPTION; AND UTILIZATION; 29 ENERGY PLANNING; POLICY AND ECONOMY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; RATE STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLDS; POWER DEMAND; ECONOMIC ELASTICITY; DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS; TIME-OF-USE PRICING; VERMONT; ATTITUDES; IMPLEMENTATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; PRICES; PUBLIC UTILITIES; USA; Green Mountain; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6814677; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6814677; https://doi.org/10.2172/6814677

Six nontraditional rates were evaluated by Green Mountain Power Corporation in a one-year study to determine levels of acceptance and response by residential customers. Participation in the study was voluntary and customers never lost money as they were given the choice of paying their bill under the experimental rate or the existing residential rate. Participants (20 on each rate) were selected from customers who responded to a one-day newspaper advertisement for study volunteers. The results indicated that customers on the time-of-day and interruptible rates were relatively satisfied and were able to save money with limited inconvenience. The remaining four rates, which involved some form of demand charge, were generally unacceptable to the customers. The sample design does not enable the projection of effects of implementation of rates on a system-wide basis.