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Beyond the Price Effect in Time-of-Use Programs: Results from a Municipal Utility Pilot, 2007-2008

July 31, 2009

U.S. Department of Energy, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

S. Lutzenhiser, J. Peters, M. Moezzi, J. Woods

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This paper discusses results of a two-year collaborative research project between the authors and the Demand Response Research Center focused on behavioral response to a voluntary time-of-use pilot rate offered by the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District (SMUD) under the PowerChoice label.

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