The Stated Preference methods course succeeded again this year in attracting a full roster of students. Thirteen participants from universities in Norway, France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom came to learn the theory and practice of non-market valuation.
”Utsläppen av koldioxid påverkas inte av en svensk flygskatt, så länge flygningen sker inom EES-området. Det bästa sättet att lösa ett globalt problem är globala lösningar och ett globalt system ser ut att bli verklighet inom några år. Särlösningar och välmenande ”gå-före” lösningar är tyvärr ofta kontraproduktiva.” Läs Bengt Kriström och Per-Olov Johanssons replik i vk.se publicerad 20 april 2017.
Deregulation and technological advancement have provided the possibilities and the larger share of intermittent power the need for demand flexibility. Policy makers hope that households will be interested in demand flexibility and change their ways. However, if the incentives for behavioural change are too small, the households will fail to respond.
Dr. Mattias Vesterberg successfully defended his thesis: Power to the people - Electricity demand and household behaviour, on February 24, 2017. Mattias partly focused on real time pricing of electricity, trying to figure out the potential for dynamic pricing to increase demand flexibility on the Swedish electricity market. Using unique Swedish household level data, his research sheds light on the extent to which price-driven policies can incentivize behavioural changes in residential electricity consumption. While technologies and market structures already allow many consumers to adjust their consumption according to electricity availability, only few actively do so. Ingrained consumer patterns are difficult to change and the gains from switching to flexible electricity contracts seem too small.
I Almedalen presenterar IVAs projekt Vägval el med bland andra Runar Brännlund fem åtgärder för att säkra framtidens elleverans.
Deregulation and technological advancement have provided the possibilities and the larger share of intermittent power the need for demand flexibility. Policy makers hope that households will be interested in demand flexibility and change their ways. However, if the incentives for behavioural change are too small, the households will fail to respond.
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