Table 2.  Summary of Ranges of Residential and Commercial Elasticities from Dahl (1993)

Survey Source

Fuel

Data Type

Model Class

Short Run

Intermediate Run

Long Run

Residential Sector

           

Taylor (1977)

Electricity

Grouped

Grouped

-0.07 to -0.61

-0.34 to -1.00

-0.81 to -1.66

 

Natural Gas

Aggregate

 

0.00 to -0.16

 

0.00 to -3.00

             

Bohi (1981)

Electricity

Aggregate

Static

-0.08 to -0.45

 

-0.48 to -1.53

 

Electricity

Aggregate

Dynamic

-0.03 to -0.49

 

-0.44 to -1.89

 

Electricity

Aggregate

Structural

-0.16

 

0.00 to -1.28

 

Electricity

Aggregate

Other

-0.18 to -0.54

 

-0.72 to -2.10

 

Electricity

Household

Dynamic

-0.16

 

-0.45

 

Electricity

Household

Static

-0.14

 

-0.7

 

Electricity

Household

Structural

-0.25

 

-0.66

 

Natural Gas

Aggregate

Static

   

-1.54 to -2.42

 

Natural Gas

Aggregate

Dynamic

-0.15 to -0.50

 

-0.48 to -1.02

 

Natural Gas

Aggregate

Structural

-0.30

 

-2.00

 

Natural Gas

Household

Dynamic

-0.28

 

-0.37

 

Natural Gas

Household

Static

   

-0.17 to -0.45

             

Bohi & Zimmerman (1984)

Electricity

Aggregate

Static

 

0.00 to -1.57

-0.18 to -0.52

 

Electricity

Aggregate

Dynamic

0.00 to -0.35

 

-0.26 to -2.50

 

Electricity

Household

Structural

-0.20 to -0.76

   
 

Electricity

Household

Static

 

-0.55 to -0.71

-0.05 to -0.71

 

Electricity

Household

Structural

+0.04 to -0.67

 

-1.40 to -1.51

 

Natural Gas

Aggregate

Dynamic

-0.23 to -0.35

 

-2.79 to -3.44

 

Natural Gas

Aggregate

Dynamic

-0.03 to -0.05

 

-0.26 to -0.33

 

Natural Gas

Household

Static

   

-0.22 to -0.60

             

Dahl (1993) Prior Surveys

Fuel Oil

Grouped

Grouped

0.00 to -0.70

 

0.00 to -1.50

             

Dahl (1993) New Studies

Electricity

Aggregate

Grouped

+0.57 to -0.80

-0.11 to -1.11

+0.77 to -2.20

 

Electricity

Household

Grouped

-0.02 to -0.97

-0.05 to -0.97

-0.38 to -1.40

 

Natural Gas

Aggregate

Grouped

+0.02 to -0.35

1.86 to -2.41

1.56 to -3.44

 

Natural Gas

Household

Grouped

-0.63 to -0.88

-0.08 to -1.80

-1.09 to -1.49

 

Fuel Oil

Aggregate

Grouped

-0.10 to -0.59

-0.77 to -1.22

-1.85 to -3.5

 

Fuel Oil

Household

Grouped

-0.18 to -0.19

-1.09 to -1.56

-0.62 to -0.67

             

Commercial Sector

           

Taylor (1977)

Electricity

Aggregate

Grouped

-0.24 to -0.54

 

-0.85 to -1.22

 

Natural Gas

Aggregate

 

-0.38

 

-1.45

             

Bohi (1981)

Electricity

Aggregate

Dynamic

-0.17 to -1.18

 

-0.56 to -1.60

 

Natural Gas

Disaggregate

Static

   

-1.04

             

Bohi & Zimmerman (1984)

Electricity

Disaggregate

Grouped

 

0.00 to -4.56

0.00 to -1.05

 

Natural Gas

Aggregate

Dynamic

0.00 to -0.37

 

0.00 to -2.27

             

Dahl (1993) Prior Surveys

Fuel Oil

Grouped

Grouped

-0.30 to -0.61

 

-0.55 to -0.70

             

Dahl (1993) New Studies

Electricity

Aggregate

Grouped

0.00 to -0.82

-0.59 to -0.98

3.36 to -4.74

 

Natural Gas

Aggregate

Grouped

-0.16 to -0.37

1.92 to -2.68

0.06 to -2.27

 

Fuel Oil

Aggregate

Grouped

 -0.07 to -0.19

-0.30

-0.40 to -3.50