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DOI	10.1007/s11269-021-03018-8
	What Drives Water Utility Selection of Pricing Methods? Evidence from California
	Allaire, M.; Dinar, A.
通讯作者	Allaire, M (corresponding author), Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Urban Planning & Publ Policy, Irvine, CA 92697 USA.
来源期刊	WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
ISSN	0920-4741
EISSN	1573-1650
出版年	2022
英文摘要	Water pricing is a demand management strategy to address the looming challenge of greater water scarcity in arid regions. Much of the literature on residential water rates focuses on evaluating the impact of pricing on household conservation. A separate, but rarely addressed question is what motivates a water utility to select a particular rate structure and the timing of doing so. We assess utilities' decisions to adopt pro-conservation rate structures, such as increasing block rates and water budget rates. We develop a conceptual model of utility decision-making regarding the transition to pro-conservation rates and apply it to California. We examine the relationship between rate adoption and characteristics of utilities and customers using logistic regression and a balanced panel dataset of 323 California water systems from 2006-2015. We find a notable shift towards pro-conservation rates, which 71% of California utilities had by 2015, compared to 44% in 2006. Capacity factors associated with adoption include size of service population and customer income level, while motivating factors include peer adoption, greater customer engagement, and special district governance. Overall, this study provides insight into barriers to pro-conservation pricing, which can inform policies to enable transitions and advance conservation goals.
英文关键词	Water rates Water pricing Conservation Water utility Adoption California
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	hybrid
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000714308800002
WOS关键词	RATE STRUCTURE CHOICE ; DEMAND ; MANAGEMENT
WOS类目	Engineering, Civil ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向	Engineering ; Water Resources
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/367711
作者单位	[Allaire, M.] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Urban Planning & Publ Policy, Irvine, CA 92697 USA; [Dinar, A.] Univ Calif Riverside, Sch Publ Policy, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Allaire, M.,Dinar, A.. What Drives Water Utility Selection of Pricing Methods? Evidence from California[J],2022.
APA	Allaire, M.,&Dinar, A..(2022).What Drives Water Utility Selection of Pricing Methods? Evidence from California.WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.
MLA	Allaire, M.,et al."What Drives Water Utility Selection of Pricing Methods? Evidence from California".WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (2022).