Code for: Smart Thermostats, Automation, and Time-Varying Prices

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Joshua Blonz, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Karen Palmer, Resources for the Future; Casey Wichman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Derek Wietelman, University of Maryland

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Project Citation: 

Blonz, Joshua, Palmer, Karen, Wichman, Casey, and Wietelman, Derek. Code for: Smart Thermostats, Automation, and Time-Varying Prices. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-12-19. https://doi.org/10.3886/E197966V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This deposit contains the code required to reproduce the results presented in "Smart Thermostats, Automation, and Time-Varying Prices" by Blonz, Palmer, Wichman, and Wietelman. The analysis relies on confidential data, which we are not able to provide here.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms automation; consumer behavior; electricity demand; randomized encouragement design; smart thermostats; time-of-use pricing
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
      L94 Electric Utilities
      Q41 Energy: Demand and Supply; Prices
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Ontario, Canada
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2018 – 2019
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 8/2019 – 3/2020 (Experiment was implemented in the summer of 2019, and data were provided to team between 11/2019 and 3/2020.)
Universe:  View help for Universe Households with Ecobee smart thermostats in Ontario
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) program source code

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source 5-minute level thermostat data from Ecobee's Donate Your Data program
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Thermostat-by-hour of sample observations (for primary regression results)

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