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Conference Blog 6: Incentivising households to reduce electricity consumption: Information, nudges and peak pricing

The installation of smart meters means that new ways of incentivising consumers to reduce their consumption and to achieve a more flexible demand for energy can be introduced, whether that be via dynamic pricing or other methods. In my research, I look at consumers’ role within the energy system by analysing the results of previous field experiments and pilot studies which test consumers’ response to different incentives, and by testing on a micro level the responses of individuals to specific incentives in laboratory experiments.

13th
Aug
2018
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ENA Open Networks Project launches Future Worlds Consultation

On August 1st Energy Networks Association’s Open Networks Project launched a major new consultation on electricity networks’ plans to deliver a smarter, more flexible and more decentralised energy system, a change which could save consumers as much as £40bn by 2050.The consultation published today seeks industry views on five models – the ‘Future Worlds’ – for delivering this change, presenting a wide range of options for the structure of electricity networks that go beyond those proposals made by the recent Cost of Energy Review..

6th
Aug
2018
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Conference Blog 5 : Affordable Clean Energy for Consumers? Dream or Reality

The price of electricity for medium size households in the UK has almost doubled in a decade. The price escalate up from 0.10€/Kwh in 2006 to 0.19€/Kwh in 2016 representing an increase of 90%. There are big differences between the top-income households whose electricity expenditure represents 1.3% of their total expenditures and the low-income ones who spent 4.7%.. However by 2020, household electricity bills are estimated to be around £27 lower. However, can we trust in these predictions?

3rd
Aug
2018
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BIEE 2018 : Video viewpoints

We have launched a series of short videos with some of our recent event participants on the topics that will be debated at the forthcoming research conference- the consumer, smart technologies and services, electric vehicles and heat.

26th
Jul
2018
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Household investment in home energy retrofit – reviewing the evidence and designing effective policy

The energy retrofit of our domestic buildings (e.g. loft and cavity wall insulations, replacement of old inefficient boilers, draught proofing etc.) has seen many millions of UK and Scottish homes become more energy efficient in the last 15- 20 years. The demand for energy from our homes – electricity, gas and other heating fuels – has simultaneously fallen steadily in this period.

26th
Jul
2018
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On the Rebound – why energy efficiency is not a waste of time

Yet another academic gathering, and yet another person suggesting ‘energy efficiency really is a waste of time, because if people save money on their residential energy bills, they’ll just go and spend it on an international flight instead’ an argument is based on the rebound effect . In my paper, I hope to be able to convince the ‘sceptics’ that energy efficiency really is an important route to delivering energy and carbon savings.

10th
Jul
2018
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Video Interview with Steve Holliday

In this interview, recorded in May 2018 at the BIEE’s fifth Future of Energy lecture, the speaker Steve Holliday Former CEO, National Grid argues that what the industry needs from government is a set of frameworks not a detailed plan.The private sector should be allowed to innovate and drive change with government intervening only where something is clearly not going in the right direction – like for example CCS.

9th
Jul
2018
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Could energy services help us build an energy system people will want to pay for?

Read the second in our series of conference blogs produced by authors who will be presenting their research at the September conference. This one is from Matthew Lipson Head of Consumer Insights at the Energy Systems Catapult . Matthew discusses the concept of energy ( heat specifically ) as a service and shares some of the findings from the Catapult’s Heat Plan trials.

29th
Jun
2018
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The CCC 2018 Progress Report to Parliament

In this report, ‘Reducing UK emissions – 2018 Progress Report to Parliament’, the Committee sets out four key messages to Government to put emissions reductions on track, based on the lessons of the last decade. Overall, UK emissions are down 43% compared to the 1990 baseline while the economy has grown significantly over the same period. However most of this is down to excellent progress in reducing emissions from electricity generation, while reductions in other sectors have stalled.

28th
Jun
2018
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Watch Video of Steve Holliday’s ‘Future of Energy’ Lecture

Our fifth ‘Future of Energy’ Lecture, was given by former National Grid CEO Steve Holliday in May 2018. In his talk Steve discussed the role of government in the energy transition, arguing that what the sector needs is a sense of direction from government, rather than too firm a regulatory framework.

3rd
Jun
2018

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