domestic electricity demand elasticities issues for the victorian energy market maree langmore and gavin dufty st vincent de paul society victoria inc authors of this report wish to acknowledge grant provided by consumer utilities advocacy centre undertake study views interpretations expressed in paper are those do not represent ltd june 2004 1 contents executive summary 4 part i household s responsiveness price changing 6 introduction 2 factors influencing households 8 value place upon access usage consumption as a proportion income 3 substitutability 9 appliance holdings 5 magnitude change 11 elasticity estimates 12 australian international 13 time invariant tariffs implications 15 flat tariff structures inclining block 16 declining 17 can these be made
