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Energy and Behaviour Location: B005 Session Chair: Delia Niehues, RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research | |
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Building Virtual Power Plants: Incentives and Automation for Demand-Side Flexibility 1: London School of Economics; 2: Imperial College London; 3: Imperial College London & IFC Addressing renewable energy intermittency while meeting net zero emissions targets requires greater flexibility in electricity demand. We study demand-side flexibility through a randomized control trial in which urban Indian households are provided with Wi-Fi-enabled smart switches to control appliances. Automated switch-off events reward participants for reducing electricity consumption during critical periods. Using high-frequency household- and device-level data, we find that automated switch-offs substantially reduce electricity use during events, particularly during peak demand hours. We find no evidence of leakage across appliances or load shifting to other times, indicating reductions in total consumption. Combining consumption responses with marginal emissions and generation cost data suggests that optimally timed automation can deliver meaningful emissions reductions at low or potentially negative cost. | |