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Buying down our carbon footprint: An econometric analysis of the impact of green pricing programs on electricity consumption in the U.S. residential sector.

机译：减少我们的碳足迹：对绿色定价计划对美国住宅部门用电量的影响的计量经济学分析。

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Rising global temperatures caused by carbon dioxide emissions have created a multitude of environmental and health risks worldwide. Many state governments have rallied around green pricing programs for their potential to incentivize energy conservation and reduce CO2 emissions by requiring utilities to make green pricing programs available to their customers. Green pricing programs (GPP) have the potential to reduce energy consumption in the residential sector, which accounts for approximately 21 percent of the total energy consumption in the United States. GPPs also could potentially reduce building-related energy consumption, which is associated with approximately one-third of global energy consumption and one-third of total energy-related carbon emissions. This begs the question of whether Congress should pass legislation mandating that all utilities offer green pricing programs.;Employing state- and time-fixed effects regression, the results of this analysis show that participation in green pricing programs has a statistically significant negative correlation with residential electricity consumption rates. This indicates a potential for green pricing programs to reduce electricity consumption, thereby decreasing the negative environmental impacts associated with generating electricity. However, results also indicate that a substantial jump in GPP participation rates is needed to realize even relatively small reductions in electricity consumption. Although the level of effort required to achieve energy savings through GPPs may deter public officials from mandating the availability of green pricing programs for all utility customers, GPPs should not be excluded outright when considering viable policy options for reducing electricity consumption. Further research and analysis can identify program features to improve GPP participation rates, as well as finding ways to strengthen program efficacy in delivering greater energy savings.
机译：由二氧化碳排放引起的全球温度上升在全世界范围内造成了许多环境和健康风险。许多州政府已通过要求公用事业公司向其客户提供绿色定价计划来鼓励能源节约和减少CO2排放，因此围绕绿色定价计划集会。绿色定价计划（GPP）具有降低住宅部门能耗的潜力，该部门约占美国总能耗的21％。 GPP还可以潜在地减少与建筑物相关的能源消耗，这大约占全球能源消耗的三分之一和与能源有关的碳排放总量的三分之一。这就引出了一个问题，即国会是否应该通过立法，要求所有公用事业公司都提供绿色定价计划。利用状态和时间固定效应回归，该分析结果表明，参与绿色定价计划与住宅的统计显着负相关用电率。这表明绿色定价计划有可能减少电力消耗，从而减少与发电相关的负面环境影响。但是，结果还表明，GPP参与率需要大幅提高才能实现相对较小的用电量减少。尽管通过GPP实现节能所需的努力水平可能会阻止公共官员强制要求所有公用事业客户使用绿色定价程序，但是在考虑减少电力消耗的可行政策选择时，不应将GPP完全排除在外。进一步的研究和分析可以确定计划功能以提高GPP参与率，并找到方法来增强计划效力以实现更大的节能效果。

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    Lising, Anna Javellana.;

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    Georgetown University.;

  • 授予单位 Georgetown University.;
  • 学科 Climate Change.;Energy.;Sustainability.;Sociology Public and Social Welfare.
  • 学位 M.P.P.
  • 年度 2012
  • 页码 53 p.
  • 总页数 53
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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