The crisis that normalised time-shifting: Energy flexibility, price awareness and care during the energy crisis in Denmark.

ABSTRACT: The energy crisis during Winter 2022-2023 placed energy high on the public agenda in Denmark, including a hitherto unseen focus on dynamic electricity prices. This paper identifies a normalisation of following electricity prices online during the crisis and changing practices accordingly, the aim of the paper being to learn from this normalisation theoretically as well as policy-wise. The paper is based on a quantitative survey (N = 1000) and in-depth qualitative interviews (n = 30). Results showed that among those who indicate that they have flexible electricity prices almost 70% say that they follow prices daily, and an even larger share indicate that they are more aware of the timing of their electricity use compared to one year ago. Furthermore, more than half of the households used ti

SUBMITTER: Gram-Hanssen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12034584 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature