High Bill Alerts and Energy

Last registered on October 17, 2023
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
High Bill Alerts and Energy
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0012222
Initial registration date
October 02, 2023

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
October 17, 2023, 10:47 AM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

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Primary Investigator

Name
Grant Jacobsen
Affiliation
Oregon State University
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
James Stewart
PI Affiliation

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2014-06-01
End date
2027-05-31
Keywords
Environment & Energy
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
Randomized control trial examining how high bill alerts affect energy usage.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Jacobsen, Grant and James Stewart. 2023. "High Bill Alerts and Energy." AEA RCT Registry. October 17. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.12222-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Randomized enrollment in a high-bill alert program.
Intervention Start Date
2015-06-01
Intervention End Date
2017-05-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Energy consumption for electricity and natural gas.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
There are approximately 50,000 randomly assigned treatment households and 25,000 randomly assigned control households. The treatment households were enrolled in the high-bill alert program, the control households were not.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
By computer.
Randomization Unit
Household
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
Not clustered
Sample size: planned number of observations
About 75,000.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
There are approximately 50,000 treatment households and 25,000 control households. The treatment households were enrolled in the high-bill alert program, the control households were not.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
University of Oregon
IRB Approval Date
2021-03-09
IRB Approval Number
01252021.032
Analysis Plan