Does it matter when a power outage occurs? -- A choice experiment study on the willingness to pay to avoid power outages

Fredrik Carlsson and Peter Martinsson

Energy Economics, 2008, vol. 30, issue 3, 1232-1245

Abstract: Using a choice experiment survey, the marginal willingness to pay (WTP) among Swedish households for reductions in power outages is estimated. The results from the random parameter logit estimation indicate that the marginal WTP increases with the duration of the outages, and is higher if the outages occur during weekends and during winter months. Moreover, the random parameter logit model allows us to estimate a sample distribution of WTP and we find a significant unobserved heterogeneity in some of the outage attributes. Given that households have negative welfare effects from outages, it is important that policy makers consider these negative impacts on household utility when regulating the Swedish electricity market.

Date: 2008
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