BC3 Seminar: Demand flexibility in the Swedish electricity market

BC3 Seminars
“Demand flexibility in the Swedish electricity market“

Researcher Mattias Vesterberg

Centre for Environmental and Resource Economics

Abstract:

Demand flexibility has recently seen large interest from Swedish policy makers, and dynamic pricing is thought to be a useful tool for improving efficiency, reducing emissions and enable the integration of more renewable generation. However, so far, few households have adopted such pricing schemes. In this seminar, I will present some previous, ongoing and future research by me and my colleagues that relates to this topic. In particular, I will explain why policy maker’s thrust for dynamic pricing of electricity may be overly optimistic and based on unrealistic assumptions about households’ behavior.

Personal website: http://www.cere.se/en/personal.html

About the Lecturer

Since finishing my PhD in 2017, I have been working as a researcher at the Centre for Environmental and Resource Economics (www.cere.se). My current research is concerned with residential electricity demand, and topics include peak demand and the response to real-time pricing, determinants of electricity contract choices and the design of alternative pricing schemes.