Energy Demand Flexibility at Scale: Business customers Randomized Encouragement Design

Last registered on February 16, 2024
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Energy Demand Flexibility at Scale: Business customers Randomized Encouragement Design
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0013031
Initial registration date
February 13, 2024

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
February 16, 2024, 3:59 PM EST

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

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Primary Investigator

Name
Andrew Schein
Affiliation
Centre for Net Zero
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Louise Bernard
PI Affiliation
Centre for Net Zero
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PI Name
Robert Metcalfe
PI Affiliation
University of Southern California
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Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2023-11-21
End date
2024-09-30
Keywords
Environment & Energy
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JEL code(s)
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Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
See analysis plan.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Bernard, Louise, Robert Metcalfe and Andrew Schein. 2024. "Energy Demand Flexibility at Scale: Business customers Randomized Encouragement Design." AEA RCT Registry. February 16. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.13031-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
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Intervention Start Date
2023-11-21
Intervention End Date
2024-09-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Sign-Up to Octoplus: We will analyze whether the customers in the treatment and control group have signed up to Octoplus by each Saving Session (exact Session dates and times will be determined during winter 2023-2024 by National Grid ESO and are not yet known).

Electricity Consumption in kWh per half-hour: We will analyze the electricity consumption (kWh per half-hour) of participating customers during Saving Sessions.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Electricity Consumption in kWh per half-hour: We will analyze the electricity consumption (kWh per half-hour) of participating customers in the half-hours before and after Saving Sessions.
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
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Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Stratified randomization (see above) using R.
Randomization Unit
Customer. Observations are clustered at the customer level.
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
8,964 customers
Sample size: planned number of observations
It depends on the number of flexibility events (a figure that is not known in advance). Assuming 20 events of 1 hour in length, there would be 20*2*8,964 = 358,560 customer*half-hours during Saving Sessions.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
The treatment group who received the invitation: 7,136 out of 8,964 customers (80% of the sample)
The control group that did not receive the invitation email: 1,828 of 8,964 customers (20% of the sample)
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
0.07 kWh per half-hour (18% of half hourly consumption during events)
Supporting Documents and Materials
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