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Lifeline Rates in California

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  • Michael Hennessy

    (Prevention Research Center)

  • Dennis M. Keane

    (Pacific Gas and Electric Company)

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The article begins by reviewing the legislative history of lifeline (later "baseline') electric rates in California. It then evaluates the ability of the current baseline tariff to target low-income households and proposes two low-income-targeted baseline rate designs that would collect the same revenue and directly assist low-income households. Using representative billing and demographic survey data, these alternatives are simulated and com pared with the current baseline rate. The simulation results are then discussed in light of three "dilemmas"that are raised when the attainment of policy ends are combined with the pricing of electricity.

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  • Michael Hennessy & Dennis M. Keane, 1989. "Lifeline Rates in California," Evaluation Review, , vol. 13(2), pages 123-140, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:13:y:1989:i:2:p:123-140
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8901300202
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    1. Severin Borenstein, 2012. "The Redistributional Impact of Nonlinear Electricity Pricing," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 4(3), pages 56-90, August.

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