Autor(es): Dias, Helena Magda Agostinho
Data: 2012
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9601
Origem: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Assunto(s): ToU tariffs; Perception; DSM stimuli; Consumption
Autor(es): Dias, Helena Magda Agostinho
Data: 2012
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9601
Origem: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Assunto(s): ToU tariffs; Perception; DSM stimuli; Consumption
A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics
With the disclosure of the conclusions of the Republic of Ireland’s Smart Metering Trials, this report intends to summarize the experience and the Consumer Behavior results. I also complement the Irish report by examining the effect of demographic and attitudinal variables in the change of electricity consumption during the trial and by studying the accuracy of the participants’ perception of the change in their consumptions and bills during the experience. The main conclusion is that the participants were not able to take full advantage of the potentiality of the Time-of-Use tariffs to reduce bills and did not have a clear perception of their consumptions and spending, which may have prevented them of achieving better results.