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Time-Of-Use Pricing Could Help China Manage Demand, Emmett Pepper

PEEL Alumni Scholarship

As China’s middle class continues to grow, it will likely cause additional stress on electricity grids with the increase in use of air conditioning and other electrical appliances. If China implements a real time pricing model soon it could create a regulatory scheme that avoids the problems Western countries encountered in their attempts to manage demand through time-based pricing.