Electricity Consumption in Manufactured Housing
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This paperpresents empirical results regarding the determinants ofelectricity consumption in manufactured housing, commonly called mobile homes. The data consist of a random sample of over 400 Florida electricity customers--with information on socioeconomic characteristics, housing features, and monthly KWH consumption. The model explains over forty percent of the variation among customer usage, with signs and sizes of various coefficients fitting economic theory. The results for thermostat settings, site orientation, and conservation investments are particularly interesting. * Berg is the Florida Public Utilities Professor, University of Florida. Taylor was a Research Associate at the Public Utility Research Center (PURC) when this study was completed. He is currently a graduate student at Clemson University. This research was supported by grants from the Florida Governor's Energy Office and PURC. The conclusions do not necessarily reflect the views of sponsoring organizations.
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