Graduation Year
2022
Date of Submission
4-2022
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
Laura Grant
Abstract
Every year, the U.S. government spends billions of dollars to encourage consumers and businesses to conserve energy. With the purpose of evaluating how effective these programs are and informing future policy designs, this paper uses the monthly electricity consumption data, collected from three military installations, to study how weather and price impact the usage patterns of residential electricity. This paper finds that rebate programs have the reverse effect of encouraging more energy consumption. Moreover, it suggests that the government set up a tiered-rate plan—using high prices to discourage residents from consuming more energy.
Recommended Citation
Qiu, Hanzhi, "How weather and price affect residential electricity consumption in U.S. military installations" (2022). CMC Senior Theses. 3001.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/3001
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
