The Efficiency and Distributional Effects of Alternative Residential Electricity Rate Designs

Electricity tariffs typically charge residential users a volumetric rate that covers the bulk of energy, transmission, and distribution costs. The resulting prices, charged per unit of electricity consumed, do not reflect marginal costs and vary little across time and space. The emergence of distrib...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Burger, Scott P., Knittel, Christopher R., Perez-Arriaga, Ignacio J., Schneider, Ian, vom Scheidt, Frederik
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130511