Real-time household-level feedback has the potential to improve the efficiency of electricity consumption. This feedback allows a household to obtain a better understanding of the relationship between different electricity consuming actions and changes in its monthly electricity bill, which should improve the household’s ability to assess the costs and benefits of each additional electricity co...

This paper develops a theory of voluntary provision of a public good in which a household’s decision to engage in a form of environmentally friendly behavior is based on the desire to offset another behavior that is environmentally harmful. We apply the theory to a setting in which households may purchase green electricity in order to mitigate disutility associated with pollution emissions gene...

Abstract I n this paper we investigated total energy consumption and its individual forms (oil, natural gas, electricity, renewable energies and coal) relationship with real gross domestic product (GDP) in Iran. We employed Hsiao’s (1981) methodology and annual data which cover 1967-2010 for investigation. The empirical findings indicate there is bidirectional causality ef...

Information and communication technology plays an important role in addressing the world’s energy problem. Networked digital electricity meters (so-called smart meters), for instance, can provide households with real-time information on their electricity consumption and thus help them to conserve energy. Initial expectations on the saving potential of this technology were too optimistic, howeve...

Jordan witnessed a significant expansion in the commercial sector in recent years, leading to increased consumption of electricity, with the ratio of electricity consumption 17% of the total consumption of Jordan in 2012, an increase of 11.7 % from 2011. The expectations for the next year that the needs will reach an amount of 2900 GWh and if the same consumption estimated up by the year 2023, ...