Varied health and financial impacts of time-of-use energy rates across sociodemographic groups raise equity concerns

Lee V. White () and Nicole D. Sintov
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Lee V. White: The Ohio State University School of Environment and Natural Resources
Nicole D. Sintov: The Ohio State University School of Environment and Natural Resources

Nature Energy, 2020, vol. 5, issue 1, 16-17

Abstract: The elderly and those with disabilities face greater increases in electricity bills and worse health outcomes under some time-of-use electricity rates. This suggests that vulnerable groups should be considered separately in time-of-use rate design, and future rate designs should be tested to ensure that they do not increase hardship.

Date: 2020
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