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Household Response to Pricing

Feb. 1, 2010

Edison Electric Institute, Electric Power Research Institute

Ahmad Faruqui, Sanem Sergici

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This report examines the results of a survey on consumer behavior in response to electricity pricing. Many states are passing the cost of wholesale electricity production on to consumers. State regulators in many states are investigating whether customers will respond to higher electricity prices by lowering demand and if so, by how much.

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