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Title: | How projected electricity price and personal values influence support for a 50% renewable energy target in Australia |
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Contributor(s): | Phillips, Keri L (author)![]() ![]() ![]() |
Publication Date: | 2019-06 |
Early Online Version: | 2019-03-09 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.02.064 |
Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30518 |
Abstract: | This study investigated how projected electricity prices and personal values influence public support for a 50% renewable energy target (RET) in Australia. In an online experiment, 404 participants rated their support for a 50% RET across eight projected increases in their quarterly power bills. Multi-level modelling indicated that: (1) support for the 50% RET fell as the projected price of electricity increased, (2) although participants with low self-enhancement values and high self-transcendent values were most supportive of the 50% RET, these value-based differences disappeared as projected electricity prices increased. Implications of these findings for energy policy design are discussed. |
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Source of Publication: | Energy Policy, v.129, p. 853-860 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd |
Place of Publication: | United Kingdom |
ISSN: | 1873-6777 0301-4215 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified 170113 Social and Community Psychology |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 520501 Community psychology |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 859802 Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electricity Generation 859899 Environmentally Sustainable Energy Activities not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 190306 Management of greenhouse gas emissions from energy activities 190305 Management of greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes |
HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Psychology |
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