We address how different socio-economic groups respond to and are affected by instruments for EDF. To explore the opportunities and challenges for flexible electricity use, we focus on householders’ energy practices at large, including their degree of motivation for saving energy and investing in new energy technologies. We focus on householders and their scheduling of electricity consumption in response to instruments for EDF during peak loads. This project meets the urgent need for social science research into the effects of policy instruments on EDF in Norway. At the same time, householders, whether with or without new end-user technologies (such as photovoltaic systems (PVs) or batteries) will need flexibility in their energy use. The plan is to introduce a capacity-based tariff model from 2021 (NVE 2017). Hence, Norwegian authorities are currently developing a new distribution grid tariff structure that will be capacitybased (NVE 2017). However, seasonal variations and factors such as morning and afternoon peak-hour demands and new trends in household devices and electric vehicles challenge grid capacity unless managed well (NVE 2017). Norway normally has sufficient production (mainly by hydropower) to cover its total electricity demand. The project will meet the urgent need for social science research on flexible electricity policy and technology in Norway.

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