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Overview of the Time-of-Use as a Default Rate for Residential Customers: Issues and Insights

June 15, 2016

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability

Peter Cappers, C. Anna Spurlock, Annika Todd (LBNL) Patrick Baylis, Meredith Fowlie, Catherine Wolfram (UC Berkeley)

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This presentation outlines the key insights from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District"s (SMUD) Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) co-funded consumer behavior study (CBS) on time-of-use (TOU) as a default rate for residential customers.

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