How projected electricity price and personal values influence support for a 50% renewable energy target in Australia

Title
How projected electricity price and personal values influence support for a 50% renewable energy target in Australia
Publication Date
2019-06
Author(s)
Phillips, Keri L
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4606-8978
Email: keri.phillips@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:kphill33
Hine, Donald W
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3905-7026
Email: dhine@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:dhine
Phillips, Wendy J
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5063-5758
Email: wphilli4@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:wphilli4
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1016/j.enpol.2019.02.064
UNE publication id
une: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.
Link
Citation
Energy Policy, v.129, p. 853-860
ISSN
1873-6777
0301-4215
Start page
853
End page
860

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