• DocumentCode
    1176413
  • Title

    Relationship Between Equity and Efficacy of Conservation Programs

  • Author

    Winer, B.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Arthur D. Little., Inc.
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    5/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1059
  • Lastpage
    1069
  • Abstract
    The impact of the equtity or "fairness" of conservation programs on the utilities\´ ability to indutce conservation beyond the base case is investigated. Three equtity criteria are defined and are Used to apply constraints on conservation incenitive programs. The efficacy of these programs were found to be very sensitive to the specific definitions and the degree to which the conservation measures had al ready been implemented.
  • Keywords
    Cost function; Energy conservation; Insulation; Investments; Portfolios; Power generation economics; Storms;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Apparatus and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9510
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPAS.1984.318712
  • Filename
    4112629