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PRICE TRANSPARENCY IN RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY: EXPERIMENTS FOR REGULATORY POLICY. ESRI Research Bulletin, 2018/01

Lunn, Pete and Bohacek, Marek (2018) PRICE TRANSPARENCY IN RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY: EXPERIMENTS FOR REGULATORY POLICY. ESRI Research Bulletin, 2018/01. UNSPECIFIED.

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    Abstract

    For markets to be efficient and competitive, consumers need to be able to identify which products are good value. PRICE Lab2 conducted two laboratory experiments in collaboration with the Commission for Energy Regulation (now the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU). The first tested whether consumers find it hard to choose among energy providers when prices are expressed as discounts from a standard unit rate, which can differ between providers. The second pre-tested a new regulation designed to make it easier for consumers to compare prices. This is the first time a regulation has been experimentally pre-tested like this in Ireland. The regulation, which requires providers to display an “Estimated Annual Bill” (EAB), is now in place.

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    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > energy policy (Including international arena)
    Countries > Ireland
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin > ESRI Research Bulletin
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 13 Dec 2019 22:12
    Number of Pages: 4
    Last Modified: 13 Dec 2019 22:12
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/101899

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