:: Volume 2, Issue 4 (Quarterly Journal Of Energy Policy and Planning Research 2017) ::
2017, 2(4): 55-73 Back to browse issues page
Peak and Off-Peak Residential Electricity Demand: Case of Tehran Province
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Residential electricity demand in Iran has been increased rapidly in recent years and it has an important role in household’s welfare. As electricity is not storable, optimal electricity generation in peak and off-peak period is so important. In this paper, we use panel and GMM method to estimate price and income elasticities of residential electricity demand in short run and long run by peak and off-peak periods for Tehran, Shahriar and Varamin for 2009-2013. Price and income elasticities of residential electricity demand in short run is lower than long run in both peak and off-peak periods. Cross-price elasticity of electricity demand in peak and off-peak is positive indicating electricity demand in peak and off-peak are substitutes. So price polices has an important role to shift electricity demand from peak to off-peak period.

Keywords: Residential electricity demand, Peek and Off-Peak demand, Price elasticity of electricity demand, Income of elasticity of electricity Demand, Cross price elasticity.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2017/07/3 | Accepted: 2017/07/3 | Published: 2017/07/3


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