Influence of population mobility on electricity consumption in seven U.S. cities during the COVID-19 pandemic

IF 3.8 3区经济学 Q3 ENERGY & FUELS

Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI:10.1016/j.jup.2024.101804

Zhifeng Guo , Jesse R. O’Hanley , Stuart Gibson

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Abstract

We examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on electricity consumption in seven U.S. cities. A high-level analysis reveals that reductions in electricity consumption were mostly short-term, mainly when lockdowns were first introduced. Bayesian structural time series modeling was used to decompose electricity consumption into multiple tailored components to better understand the pandemic's impact. We find that models incorporating population mobility achieved high accuracy rates using pre-pandemic data and even better rates using post-pandemic data. Electricity usage dropped during the first six weeks of the pandemic in all but one of the cities studied.

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COVID-19 大流行期间人口流动对美国七个城市用电量的影响

我们研究了 COVID-19 大流行对美国七个城市用电量的影响。高层分析显示，用电量的减少大多是短期的，主要是在刚开始实行封锁时。我们使用贝叶斯结构时间序列模型将用电量分解为多个量身定制的组成部分，以更好地了解大流行病的影响。我们发现，包含人口流动性的模型在使用大流行前的数据时准确率很高，而使用大流行后的数据时准确率更高。在大流行的前六周，除一个城市外，其他所有研究城市的用电量都有所下降。

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Utilities Policy ENERGY & FUELS-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

CiteScore

6.80

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

66 days

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