The Impact of Sub-Metering on Condominium Electricity Demand

Bibliographic Data

ID11967139
AuthorsDonald N Dewees (University of Toronto, corresponding author), Donald Dewees (University of Toronto), Trevor Tombe (0000-0003-0490-1685, Wilfrid Laurier University)
Year2011
Volume37
Issue4
Pages435-457
Publication date2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0317-0861 • E-ISSN: 1911-9917
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/cpp.37.4.435
OpenAlexW3123757249
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited5

With a substantial fraction of the population insulated from energy price signals in bulk-metered apartment and condominium buildings, some jurisdictions are exploring mandatory metering of individual suites to encourage electricity conservation. This study finds that sub-metering in a Toronto condominium building reduces electricity usage by 20 percent. However, the costs of metering and customer service largely offset the electricity cost savings, and so the private net benefits are small or negative. The social net benefits depend strongly on the value assigned to externalities from generation. Social net benefits in our baseline results are closer to 5 percent than to 20 percent, and could be negative in many buildings

Agricultural economics · Apartment · Business · Civil engineering · Distributed generation · Economics · Electrical engineering · Electricity · Environmental economics · Externality · Metering mode · Microeconomics · Natural resource economics · Net metering · Renewable energy · Energy Efficiency and Management · Engineering · Housing Market and Economics · Smart Grid Energy Management

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