Distributional Effects of Dynamic Pricing for Responsive Electricity Demand (DEePRED)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Reading
Department Name: Built Environment
Abstract
Peak electricity demand is becoming an increasingly significant problem for UK electricity networks as it causes imbalances between demand and supply with negative impacts on system costs and the environment. The residential sector is responsible for about one third of overall electricity demand and up to 40% of peak demand. During peak demand, electricity prices in wholesale markets could fluctuate from less than £0.03/kWh to as much as £0.29/kWh.
Time of Use tariffs offer significant potential benefits to the system by enabling responsive electricity demand and reducing peaks. For example, this could reduce the need for new generation and network capacity. However, the impact of more cost-reflective pricing will vary between consumers. In particular, those who consume electricity at more expensive peak periods, and who are unable to change their consumption patterns, could end up paying significantly more.
Understanding the distributional effects of Time of Use tariffs becomes vital to ensuring affordability of energy bills, whilst making demand more flexible. Whilst there is research on fuel poverty in relation to aggregate level of consumption of electricity, little is known about the effects of dynamic tariffs on different socio-demographic groups. DEePRED will fill this gap.
The overall aim of DEePRED is to analyse the distributional effects of Time of Use tariffs with a view to identify clusters of users which might significantly benefit or be disadvantaged through the provision of demand flexibility.
The project will analyse 10-minute resolution time use activity data from the UK Office for National Statistics Time Use Survey with a view to derive information about times of the day in which different groups of people occupy households and carry out energy-related activities. The time use data will be combined with parameter data on temperatures, sunlight, number and typical consumption of household appliances and dwelling types to derive load profiles. This will take place thanks to the implementation of activity schemes. Load profiles data will then be used to calculate how consumer bills may change for different groups of consumers on stylised Time of Use tariffs.
Time of Use tariffs offer significant potential benefits to the system by enabling responsive electricity demand and reducing peaks. For example, this could reduce the need for new generation and network capacity. However, the impact of more cost-reflective pricing will vary between consumers. In particular, those who consume electricity at more expensive peak periods, and who are unable to change their consumption patterns, could end up paying significantly more.
Understanding the distributional effects of Time of Use tariffs becomes vital to ensuring affordability of energy bills, whilst making demand more flexible. Whilst there is research on fuel poverty in relation to aggregate level of consumption of electricity, little is known about the effects of dynamic tariffs on different socio-demographic groups. DEePRED will fill this gap.
The overall aim of DEePRED is to analyse the distributional effects of Time of Use tariffs with a view to identify clusters of users which might significantly benefit or be disadvantaged through the provision of demand flexibility.
The project will analyse 10-minute resolution time use activity data from the UK Office for National Statistics Time Use Survey with a view to derive information about times of the day in which different groups of people occupy households and carry out energy-related activities. The time use data will be combined with parameter data on temperatures, sunlight, number and typical consumption of household appliances and dwelling types to derive load profiles. This will take place thanks to the implementation of activity schemes. Load profiles data will then be used to calculate how consumer bills may change for different groups of consumers on stylised Time of Use tariffs.
Planned Impact
This Impact Summary describes who potential beneficiaries might be, and how DEePRED might impact them.
-Residential electricity consumers (beneficiaries, direct impact) will be able to choose from lower tariffs thanks to a whole range of Time of Use tariffs. The results of the study will indicate which Time of Use tariffs suit different clusters of households based on their time-use flexibility. This will be informed by an innovative form of segmentation of end-users.
-Energy suppliers (beneficiaries, indirect impact) will benefit from increased knowledge around novel techniques of clustering users. This may facilitate customers' segmentation, which is critical for the success of Time of Use pricing.
-Policy-makers (users, indirect impact) may find the findings on distributional effects of Time of Use tariffs useful as part of any evidence-based approach to regulating dynamic tariffs. For instance, policies on new Time of Use tariffs will avoid penalising vulnerable consumers who suffer from lower income and shortage of time to take part in flexible demand programmes.
-Energy aggregators (beneficiaries, indirect impact) will be provided with an empirical framework which informs about Demand Side Response (DSR) investment options in the residential electricity market. From the findings of the proposed project they will be able to make informed decisions about levels of investment for different segments of demand (based on activity-based clusters). An expansion of the DSR market for residential customers will open competition to leading aggregators companies from the U.S. and elsewhere in Europe.
-Residential electricity consumers (beneficiaries, direct impact) will be able to choose from lower tariffs thanks to a whole range of Time of Use tariffs. The results of the study will indicate which Time of Use tariffs suit different clusters of households based on their time-use flexibility. This will be informed by an innovative form of segmentation of end-users.
-Energy suppliers (beneficiaries, indirect impact) will benefit from increased knowledge around novel techniques of clustering users. This may facilitate customers' segmentation, which is critical for the success of Time of Use pricing.
-Policy-makers (users, indirect impact) may find the findings on distributional effects of Time of Use tariffs useful as part of any evidence-based approach to regulating dynamic tariffs. For instance, policies on new Time of Use tariffs will avoid penalising vulnerable consumers who suffer from lower income and shortage of time to take part in flexible demand programmes.
-Energy aggregators (beneficiaries, indirect impact) will be provided with an empirical framework which informs about Demand Side Response (DSR) investment options in the residential electricity market. From the findings of the proposed project they will be able to make informed decisions about levels of investment for different segments of demand (based on activity-based clusters). An expansion of the DSR market for residential customers will open competition to leading aggregators companies from the U.S. and elsewhere in Europe.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Jacopo Torriti (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Alberini A
(2019)
Hot weather and residential hourly electricity demand in Italy
in Energy
Cardoso C
(2020)
Making demand side response happen: A review of barriers in commercial and public organisations
in Energy Research & Social Science
Curtis M
(2018)
A comparative analysis of building energy estimation methods in the context of demand response
in Energy and Buildings
Curtis M
(2021)
Development of a profile-based electricity demand response estimation method: An application based on UK hotel chillers
in Energy and Buildings
Kleinebrahm M
(2021)
Using neural networks to model long-term dependencies in occupancy behavior
in Energy and Buildings
Kleinebrahm M
(2021)
Using attention to model long-term dependencies in occupancy behavior
Lorincz M.J.
(2019)
Exploratory analysis of family-related activities during peak electricity periods
in Eceee Summer Study Proceedings
Lorincz, M. J.
(2021)
In Handbook of Energy Economics and Energy Policy
Shove E
(2019)
Energy Fables - Challenging Ideas in the Energy Sector
| Description | Analysing the UK Time Use survey, the project has found that household from different socio-demographic groups exhibit similar patterns in activities linked to energy consumption. This finding indicates that despite the difference in socio-demographic parameters, there exists a synchronisation of activities, which can be a driving force behind the evening peak demand. Specifically, the analysis provided estimates about the effects of Time of Use tariffs for different socio-demographic groups. For instance, in relative terms, low income single parents are among the groups who would benefit most (or lose least). |
| Exploitation Route | -Professor Torriti and his collaborators have produced two papers (Torriti, J and Yunusov, T. (2020). It's only a matter of time: Flexibility, activities and Time of Use tariffs. Energy Research & Social Science (submitted). Yunusov, T. and Torriti J. (2020). Distributional effects of Time of Use tariffs based on smart meter electricity demand and time use activities. Energy Policy (submitted)) which were of immediate relevance to Ofgem's work on distributional effects associated with the Market-wide half-hourly Settlement Reform. -Findings were presented at Ofem lunchtime seminar series in July 2019. This was followed by collaboration with Ofgem as part of their Impact Assessment on the Market-wide half-hourly Settlement Reform. |
| Sectors | Energy Government Democracy and Justice |
| Description | The Market-wide half-hourly Settlement Reform is a key change in the way electricity pricing works. Currently, most customers are settled on a 'non half-hourly' basis using estimates of when they use electricity, based on a profile of the average consumer usage and their own meter reads (taken over weeks and months). Market-wide settlement reform is a key enabler of the move to a smarter, more flexible energy system and has a fundamental role in delivering the smart systems and flexibility plan. A smart, flexible energy system could bring £17-40 billion worth of benefits by 2050. Ofgem expects Market-wide Half-hourly Settlement to incentivise suppliers to develop and offer innovative products such as Time-of-Use (ToU) tariffs. The ToU tariffs are estimated to save UK residential customers between £1.6 billion and £4.6 billion from 2021 to 2045. The analysis carried out by Professor Torriti and his colleagues was used as part of the Impact Assessment for Market-wide half-hourly Settlement Reform published in March 2020. This is the main evidence used as part of the Market-wide half-hourly Settlement Reform which took place in 2020. Ofgem has made direct references to this work in the draft Impact Assessment that supports the Market-wide Half-hourly Settlement policy reform. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Energy,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Description | Citation in Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators policy report ''Study on the estimation of the value of lost load of electricity supply in Europe" |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.acer.europa.eu/en/Electricity/Infrastructure_and_network%20development/Infrastructure/Do... |
| Description | Citation in Ofgem's Electricity Retail Market-wide Half-hourly Settlement Impact Assessment |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The Torriti & Yunusov (2020) paper provided the main evidence on the distributional effects associated with Time-of-Use tariffs, by clustering UK consumers and assessing the impacts of Time of Use Tariffs on the electricity bills for different income groups. The methodology makes use of half-hourly smart-meter data and data from the 2014-15 UK Time Use Survey to analyse the distributional effects of Time-of-Use tariffs in terms of customer segmentation, peak to off-peak ratios and synthetic profiles. The findings reveal regional differences (for example, positive effects for high-income groups in London) and household composition similarities (for example, positive effects for households with children not in the high-income group). The regulatory reform of tariffs will bring about estimated bill savings for UK residential customers of between GBP1,600,000,000 and GBP4,600,000,000 from 2021 to 2045 |
| URL | https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/electricity-retail-market-wide-half-hourly-settlem... |
| Description | Citation of paper Torriti, J., & Yunusov, T. (2020) It's only a matter of time: Flexibility, activities and time of use tariffs in the United Kingdom. Energy Research & Social Science, 69, 101697 in Ofgem's Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlement: Final Impact Assessment |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The paper cited in Ofgem's Impact Assessment on 'Electricity Retail Market-wide Half-hourly Settlement' provided the main evidence on the distributional effects associated with Time-of-Use tariffs, by clustering UK consumers and assessing the impacts of Time of Use Tariffs on the electricity bills for different income groups. The methodology makes use of half-hourly smart-meter data and data from the 2014-15 UK Time Use Survey to analyse the distributional effects of Time-of-Use tariffs in terms of customer segmentation, peak to off-peak ratios and synthetic profiles. The findings reveal regional differences (for example, positive effects for high-income groups in London) and household composition similarities (for example, positive effects for households with children not in the high-income group). In summary, the research findings have demonstrated the economic value, and resultant cost savings, of demand-side flexibility across industry sectors and residential consumers. In addition, for the residential consumer, the research has highlighted the distributional effects of Time-of-Use tariffs between socioeconomic groups. Collectively, this research has informed policy on the UK Capacity Market as well as regulatory reform in support of Time-of-Use tariffs. |
| URL | https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/electricity-retail-market-wide-half-hourly-settlement-decision... |
| Description | Participated in SSEN consultation event "Future of electricity growth scenarios - South" (Timur Yunusov) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The consultation was asking the participants to comment on the methodology and considerations in modelling demand growth in the SSEN's Southern licence area. The demand growth included forecasting of new demand technologies (electric vehicles and heat pumps), uptake of small scale generation and storage, and strategic growth in strategic new residential and non-residential developments. Demand growth modelling outputs and contributions from the stakeholders were presented in a webinar and will published as a report. The report will be used by SSEN and other DNOs to plan network development considering the magnitude and diversity of demand as well as potential for demand flexibility in the license area. |
| URL | https://www.regen.co.uk/project/future-electricity-networks/?utm_campaign=EV%20and%20Electricity%20S... |
| Description | Policy advice was provided to Ofgem with regards to three specific items: (i) the evaluation of the CMA price transparency remedy; (ii) the cost-pass through impact on customers; and (iii) the reform on black start restoration |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Stakeholder Engagement event attended by Timur Yunusov |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Through round table discussions with stakeholders of the distribution network operator I have raised an awareness of distributional impacts of Time-of-Use Tariffs on consumers. Stakeholders present at the engagement event included representatives from local authorities, utilities, farming community, charities and local businesses. |
| Description | Residential Electricity Demand: Peaks, Sequences of Activities and Markov chains (REDPeAk) |
| Amount | £615,782 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/P000630/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 07/2022 |
| Description | Joint research work and conference publication with Professor Russell McKenna: Exploring socioeconomic and temporal characteristics of British and German residential energy demand |
| Organisation | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Analysis on the UK Time Use Survey to model energy use for several socio-demographic groups |
| Collaborator Contribution | Analysis on the German Time Use Survey to model energy use for several socio-demographic groups. |
| Impact | McKenna, R., Kleinebrahm, M., Yunusov, T., Lorincz, M. J. and Torriti, J. (2018) Exploring socioeconomic and temporal characteristics of British and German residential energy demand. In: British Institute of Energy Economics 2018, 18-19 September 2018, Oxford, UK. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | "Smart and Fair" second expert stakeholder workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Second expert stakeholder workshop as part the of the Smart and Fair research programme. Workshop was designed to consult the expert stakeholders on the consumer classification model, discuss data limitations around the model and interventions to overcome or mitigate limitations in key capabilities for different types of consumer for different sorts of smart energy offers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Article on the Conversation 'Electricity prices have reached record highs - and the time-poor could suffer most' (J Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article on the Conversation 'Electricity prices have reached record highs - and the time-poor could suffer most'. 12.744 readers according to the Conversation statistics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/electricity-prices-have-reached-record-highs-and-the-time-poor-could-suf... |
| Description | Attended Low Carbon Network Initiative conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International conference for disseminating progress and findings from innovation projects from Electricity and Gas industry in the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attended webinar on ToU Network Tariffs by EU Agency For Cooperation of Energy Regulators (with questions and comments). (T Yunusov) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Attended webinar on ToU Network Tariffs by EU Agency For Cooperation of Energy Regulators (with questions and comments). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Blog: "The Conversation 'Renewable energy supply and demand during lockdown - and the best time to bake bread" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Blog: "The Conversation 'Renewable energy supply and demand during lockdown - and the best time to bake bread" written by J Torriti, T Yunusov and J Ramirez-Mendiola 12744 readers according to the Conversation statistics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/renewable-energy-supply-and-demand-during-lockdown-and-the-best-time-to-... |
| Description | British Institute of Energy Economics Conference attended by Timur Yunusov |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Subject of the British Institute of Energy Economics Conference in 2018 was "Consumers at the heart of energy system?". The DEePRED project is trying to partially answer this question by asking: What is the interaction between the residential consumers and the peak electricity demand? What are the distributional effects of Time-of-Use tariffs?. We have prepared the paper titled "Role of household activities in peak electricity demand and distributional effects of Time-of-Use tariffs" and presented it at the BIEE conference for the "Distributional Aspects of UK Households" session. The conference is aimed at energy analysts, researchers, strategy and policy thinkers from all backgrounds, including industry, academia and research organisations, government, the finance community, NGOs and consultancies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.biee.org/conference-list/consumers-heart-energy-system/ |
| Description | CREDS Blog, "Thinking about stakeholder engagement: how to make it different and how to make it work" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CREDS Blog, "Thinking about stakeholder engagement: how to make it different and how to make it work" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | CREDS Team in Reading organised a one-to-one meeting with Yohei YAMAGUCHI (University of Osaka) - 29 November 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CREDS Team in Reading organised a one-to-one meeting with Yohei YAMAGUCHI (University of Osaka) - 29 November 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Contributed to EnergyREV Flexibility Review workshop (T Yunusov) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Contributed to EnergyREV Flexibility Review workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Contributed to Smart and Fair Neighbourhoods Working Group by Low Carbon Hub in Project LEO (T Yunusov) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Contributed to Smart and Fair Neighbourhoods Working Group by Low Carbon Hub in Project LEO. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Contributed to round table on Energy Market Digitisation (re-Costing Energy System) by Citizens Advice and Energy Systems Catapult (T Yunusov) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Contributed to round table on Energy Market Digitisation (re-Costing Energy System) by Citizens Advice and Energy Systems Catapult |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | DEMAND review/revue workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The event looked at some of the important outcomes of the research undertaken by the Centre and present to a mixed audience of academics, policy-makers and organisations. Highlights included an exhibition showcasing the 5 years of DEMAND, an international photograph display, and our Research Insights among other things. The Review itself incorporated performances and improvisations that cover several main themes such as infrastructures and practices, changing technologies, energy demand and poverty, travel demand and invisible energy policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.demand.ac.uk/events/event/demand-review-revue/ |
| Description | DSR Data workshop at Imperial College London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop organised by the Energy Futures Lab, Imperial College London. Objective of the workshop was to discuss challenges and availability of data suitable for research activities on demand side response (modelling and analysis). Participants of the workshop also shared data sources known/available to them. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Expert panel: British Standards Institute, Energy Smart Appliances Strategic Advisory Group Meeting, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Expert panel: British Standards Institute, Energy Smart Appliances Strategic Advisory Group Meeting, London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Expert panel: September 2019. Roundtable on distributional effects of UK energy policy (Jacopo Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Expert panel: September 2019. Roundtable on distributional effects of UK energy policy (Jacopo Torriti) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Flexibility of Electricity Demand: the role of pricing and automation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Then 'Flexibility of Electricity Demand: the role of pricing and automation' workshop as an opportunity to present some preliminary findings of our DEEPRED and REDPEAK projects and have discussions around other projects on flexibility in terms of automation and pricing. The event brought together diverse academics, companies and policymakers, with speakers from Italy and Spain. !! Influencing flexiblity ! add |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://research.reading.ac.uk/redpeak/ |
| Description | Gave an interview to EnergyREV on Smart Local Energy Systems and flexibility (Dr T Yunusov) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Yunusov gave an interview to EnergyREV on Smart Local Energy Systems and flexibility |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Hosted international reading room on Sensitivity of price elasticity (J Ramirez-Mendiola, J Chong, J Torriti |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hosted international reading room on Sensitivity of price elasticity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Media interaction: BBC Radio Berkshire interview about UK's energy crisis (J Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media interaction: BBC Radio Berkshire interview about UK's energy crisis |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2021/reading-in-the-news/september/pr859836 |
| Description | Media interaction: BBC Radio Berkshire interview about rising gas prices and the impact on consumers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media interaction: BBC Radio Berkshire interview about rising gas prices and the impact on consumers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2021/reading-in-the-news/october/pr860500 |
| Description | Media interaction: BerkshireLive interview about UK's energy prices (J Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media interaction: Berkshire Live interview about UK's energy prices |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/university-reading-professor-predicts-gas-2... |
| Description | Media interaction: Daily Mail referencing research on distributional effects of Time of Use tariffs (J Torriti and T Yunusov) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Media interaction: Daily Mail referencing research on distributional effects of Time of Use tariffs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Media interaction: Daily Mail referencing research on distributional effects of Time of Use tariffs (J Torriti and T Yunusov) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Media interaction: Daily Mail referencing research on distributional effects of Time of Use tariffs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Media interaction: Energy efficiencies key to avoiding future price hikes - expert comment (J Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media interaction: Energy efficiencies key to avoiding future price hikes - expert comment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2021/Expert-Comment/PR860459 |
| Description | Media interaction: Energy efficiencies key to avoiding future price hikes - expert comment (J Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media interaction: Energy efficiencies key to avoiding future price hikes - expert comment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2021/Expert-Comment/PR860459 |
| Description | Media interaction: Interview with Energy Live News on energy prices (J Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media interaction: Interview with Energy Live News on energy prices |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with METER project team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with METER project team to share learning and knowledge from DEePRED, REDPeAK and METER projects. Discussions were around the methodology used in the projects, implications of the findings and the potential for collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.energy-use.org |
| Description | Meeting with Paul Keenlyside (Labour Party) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | During our meeting with Paul Keenlyside we discussed the importance of the time-of-use tariffs in transition toward a green economy as well the social implication that time-of-use tariffs has on different group of peoples. Paul presented the labour party ambitions plan to reduce net carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2030. Therefore, the is an increased interest in evidenced-based measures to control energy consumption behaviour or in the installation of batteries to store and to balance fluctuating renewable energy. We also discussed about the opportunities for non-pricing measures (such as work schedules ) to engage consumers to reduce their energy consumption. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Yohei Yamaguchi (University of Osaka) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We hosted Yohei Yamaguchi from University of Osaka who presented his work on residential energy modelling. Yohei presented us the way he is combining the Japanese time use survey with electricity data in order to model domestic residential energy consumption. We've discussed the way different archetypes were created and following our common interest in activities and energy demand, we are planning a cross-country comparison. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Ofgem in the form of peer-review of their Impact Assessment on price control (RIIO-2) reform (May 2019) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Peer reviewed Ofgem's Impact Assessment on price control (RIIO-2) reform (May 2019) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation by Jacopo Torriti, Institute for Energy Studies Workshop, Flexibility in residential electricity demand: focus on people's activities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | November 2018 Oxford Institute for Energy Studies workshop, Flexibility in residential electricity demand: focus on people's activities, Oxford. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation by Jacopo Torriti, World Bank conference, Data and methodologies for Cost-Benefit Analysis on Smart Metering implementation in Romania, Bucharest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presented at November 2018 World Bank conference, Data and methodologies for Cost-Benefit Analysis on Smart Metering implementation in Romania, Bucharest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2018/03/28/smart-metering-implementation-in-romania |
| Description | Presentation: April 2019 Citizens Advice Annual Conference, London: 'Power to the people' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: April 2019 Citizens Advice Annual Conference, London: 'Power to the people' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/CitizensAdvice/Energy/Future%20Energy%20conference%20slides... |
| Description | Presentation: April 2020 Public Interest Advisory Group, online (Jacopo Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: April 2020 Public Interest Advisory Group, online (Jacopo Torriti) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation: BIEE Conference on Measurement of Distributional Effects of Time of Use tariffs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: BIEE Conference on Measurement of Distributional Effects of Time of Use tariffs (Dr Yunusov). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.biee.org/resources/role-of-household-activities-in-peak-electricity-demand-and-distribut... |
| Description | Presentation: DSR potential assessment methods, RAA PENTA (T Yunusov) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: DSR potential assessment methods, RAA PENTA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation: Green Alliance Roundtable, London: 'Demand Flexibility' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: Green Alliance Roundtable, London: 'Demand Flexibility' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation: It's only a matter of time. Flexibility, activities, and time of use tariffs in the UK (BEIS, online) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: It's only a matter of time. Flexibility, activities, and time of use tariffs in the UK (BEIS, online) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation: July 2019. Ofgem seminar series, London. Household activities and distributional effects of Time-of-Use tariffs' (Jacopo Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: July 2019. Ofgem seminar series, London. Household activities and distributional effects of Time-of-Use tariffs' (Jacopo Torriti) About 50 Ofgem officials attended my presentation in their offices. Three different teams followed up with requests for activities in relation to Ofgem work on Time of Use tariffs; smart energy systems and distributional effects of changes in tariffs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation: June 2020 Energy Demand Research Network Webinar (Jacopo Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: June 2020 Energy Demand Research Network Webinar (Jacopo Torriti) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation: May 2019. Scottish Southern Electricity Network Conference, London; 'Core capacity: SAVE data & social science literature review' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: May 2019. Scottish Southern Electricity Network Conference, London; 'Core capacity: SAVE data & social science literature review' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation: November 2019. City University of London Seminar. 'Demand-side flexibility in the residential sector and people's activities (Jacopo Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: November 2019. City University of London Seminar. 'Demand-side flexibility in the residential sector and people's activities (Jacopo Torriti) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation: November 2019. Oxford Talks. 'A Win-Win for everyone? Demand-side Flexibility and People's Activities' (Jacopo Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: November 2019. Oxford Talks. 'A Win-Win for everyone? Demand-side Flexibility and People's Activities' (Jacopo Torriti) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/a553e8af-aa2a-4918-931a-8b9ff6f1835e/ |
| Description | Presentation: Ofgem Presentation on Market-Wide Half-Hourly Settlement Reform |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | REDPeAK and DEePRED have been mentioned on a slide at the Ofgem presentation on Market-Wide Half-Hourly Settlement reform |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation: Penta Forum Workshop, Setting the scene: DSR assessment methods (J Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: Penta Forum Workshop, Setting the scene: DSR assessment methods |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation: September 2019. Solar & Storage Live, Birmingham: 'Consumer Flexibility: Unpacking the Level of Responsiveness available in the Residential Sector' (Jacopo Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: September 2019. Solar & Storage Live, Birmingham: 'Consumer Flexibility: Unpacking the Level of Responsiveness available in the Residential Sector' (Jacopo Torriti) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/solar-storage-live/Speakers.stm |
| Description | Presentation: Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary, Ed Miliband, to discuss green energy storage. (J Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation: Shadow Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary, Ed Miliband, to discuss green energy storage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presented on practicality of flexibility and chaired a session at Data Workshop, Project LEO. (T Yunusov) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presented on practicality of flexibility and chaired a session at Data Workshop, Project LEO. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Public Interest Advisory Group (PIAG) - CSE & Sustainability First, London, 14 January 2020 (Mate Lorincz) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussions around the current government approaches to publish data and statistics for energy consumption. The audience are policy makers as well researcher and academics. The aim of the workshop was to build-up a better evidence-base on how increased access to granular smart-meter data might support improved analysis and insight in service of the public interest. In particular, we are focused on the additionally which smart-meter data could bring in terms of public benefit - for different public-interest players and different public-interest uses. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Public Interest Advisory Group on smart meter energy data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The workshop aimed to discuss with experts in the smart energy field the possible ways to engage consumer experience with smart meter data. The outcome of this workshop was a draft paper aiming to help policy makers to understand how to use smart meter data to define policies. Our contribution was to present the strengths and the limitations of using time-use-surveys with smart metering data in understanding everyday residential demand. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.sustainabilityfirst.org.uk/public-interest-advisory-group |
| Description | Short Demand Side Response Literature Review (July 2019) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Peer reviewed Ofgem's Short Demand Side Response Literature Review (July 2019) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk: Inaugural Professorial Lecture, Reading |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk: Inaugural Professorial Lecture, Reading |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8rvyT8yZNU&feature=youtu.be |
| Description | Technology. Behaviour. Data. (TBD) Conference 2018 attended by Timur Yunusov |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | TBD is the one-day conference has been designed to inform, inspire, and challenge the way decisions are made in order to make the best choices possible during a period of unprecedented change and uncertainty. The attendees for what lies ahead in the next 24-months by increasing critical thinking, strategic insights and risk-awareness, covering a wide range of subjects from Brexit and critical decision making to sustainability and relationship between consumers and brands. In private discussion with participants, I have raised awareness of the research questions address by the DEePRED project. Presentation by Decision Advantage, provided an effective toolkit which I have been using to classify and resolve problems and tasks for the DEePRED project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | UK Power Networks Flexibility Roadmap presentation and consultation event attended by Timur Yunusov |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | At the event UK Power Networks presented the Flexibility Roadmap and outlines the series of steps towards the transition to Distribution System Operator, placing the flexibility at the forefront of the focus. I have engaged with event participants to raise the awareness of the DEePRED project and identify potential stakeholders. The outcome from the engagement has lead to conversations with the FlexLondon project partners and their attendance at the Flexibility Workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Webinar: Launch paper on Distributional Effects of Time of Use tariffs (T Yunusov, J Torriti) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Webinar: Launch paper on Distributional Effects of Time of Use tariffs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/distributional-effects-of-time-of-use-tariffs-webinar-registration-15... |
| Description | Website dedicated to the DEePRED and REDPeAK projects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Website, hosted by University of Reading, is designed to provide overview of the REDPeAK and DEePRED projects and disseminate the findings of the projects. The website contains: 1) project overviews 2) List of related publications 3) Blog with posts written by the project team members 4)Research applications page listing how findings apply to the stakeholder groups 4) List of Advisory Board Members 5) Contact information. The website went live in October 2018, since then there were unique 252 users, 446 sessions, and 659 Unique page views. Geographically, 70% of users are from the UK, 10% from US, around 2% from India and Spain and around 1% from Belgium, Netherlands,Germany, Italy, Norway and Denmark. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| URL | https://research.reading.ac.uk/redpeak/ |
| Description | Workshop: February 2019, hosted by UoR REDPEAK and DEEPRED projects |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Our 'Flexibility of Electricity Demand: the role of pricing and automation' workshop in Westminster was an opportunity to present some preliminary findings of our DEePRED and REDPeAK projects and have discussions around other projects on flexibility in terms of automation and pricing. The event brought together diverse academics, companies and policymakers, with speakers from Italy and Spain. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://research.reading.ac.uk/redpeak/2019/02/14/demand-flexibility-workshop-summary/ |
| Description | presentation by Jacopo Torriti, International Energy Agency workshop, Research on demand-side flexibility: residential and non-residential sectors, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | October 2018 International Energy Agency workshop, Research on demand-side flexibility: residential and non-residential sectors, London. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.ieadsm.org/workshop/dsm-day-london-united-kingdom-demand-side-management-from-the-users-p... |