-
Recent Posts
Tags
air conditioning cap-and-trade CARB carbon carbon rax carbon tax China climate climate change coal corn ethanol deregulation electricity emissions energy efficiency energy policy Federalism fossil fuel fracking/hydraulic fracturing free trade fuel efficiency gasoline greenhouse gas (GHG) hydro India landlord tenant problem natural gas nuclear oil outage peak pricing principal-agent problem Randomized Control Trials rebound refinery renewable energy shale gas solar subsidy tar sands/oil sands thermostats utilitiesArchives
More Haas News
RSS Subscription
Tag Archives: electricity
Peak electricity pricing can save you money
Here in California, summer weather is quickly approaching and once again parts of the state are facing potential electricity shortages. This year the biggest concern is in Southern California due primarily to the continued outage at the San Onofre Nuclear … Continue reading
Marketing Solar, Part Two
Several weeks ago I blogged about a solar quote my family received. The quote suggested that we could spend $12,400 to save $39,500 on our future electricity bills. My post raised two issues about the quote, including that the savings … Continue reading
Marketing Solar: Bring in Elizabeth Warren?
Last month, my husband opened the door to a solicitor from a solar company and eventually agreed to let the polite young gentleman on our porch order a quote for our family to go solar. The three-page form that the … Continue reading
Knowledge is (Less) Power.
Economists love prices. In fact, when we want people to reduce their consumption of something, we argue we should make that thing more expensive. This is usually done via a tax. My undergrads know, of course, that how effective a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged electricity, energy efficiency, Randomized Control Trials
14 Comments
Information Is Power
Like many people, I have a pretty good idea of how much I spend every week on groceries. I also have a pretty good idea of how much many of the grocery items that I buy week in and week … Continue reading
Deck the Halls with LEDs
As a parent of two preschoolers, I get talked in to many things. This past weekend, I was talked in to decorating our front porch with a string of holiday lights. For the pre-tax price of $16.99 at Costco, my … Continue reading
Dynamic Electricity Pricing
For most things people purchase – like toothpaste, books, and televisions – prices don’t change over the course of the day: Consumers pay the same price regardless of whether they buy it at 8am, 2pm or 10pm. Residential households in … Continue reading
Measuring the Economic Costs of Electricity Outages
There’s nothing like a power outage to make you appreciate just how much you depend on reliable electricity. According to the latest numbers from the Energy Information Administration, as of Saturday, nearly 2.5 million people in Sandy’s path were still … Continue reading
Air Conditioning and Energy Demand in India
The massive electricity outage in India several weeks ago reminded me of a striking graph I saw recently. I have a soft spot in my heart for graphs. A picture is worth a thousand words, or a thousand data points, … Continue reading
A Sea Change in U.S. Generation
Ever since I can remember, a rough but useful rule of thumb to describe the sources of U.S. electricity generation is that 50% comes from coal-fired plants, 20% comes from nuclear, and the rest comes from natural gas, hydro, and … Continue reading
