| Author | Srikrishnarajah, Selvaratnarajah |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. ET-98-24 |
| Subject(s) | Demand-side management (Electric utilities)--Thailand
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the
degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Demand side management is well known energy policy that renders several direct and indirect
benefits to utility, society and to the whole county. Among indirect benefits job creation and
increase in personal income are very popular in the recent years.
This report focuses on four DSM programs for analysing the employment and income effects
as a result of the changes in spending pattern following an investment on efficient end use
teclmologies and reduction in energy bill. A closed input output model, which can capture the
direct indirect and induced impacts of such changes, is used to estimate employment and
income multipliers for 27 sectors of Thailand economy.
Adopting efficient technology needs additional investment, but it will lead to a considerable
amount of saving through energy bill reduction. As a result of this change in spending pattern
some of the sectors in the economy gain employment while others particularly energy related
sectors loose employment. Net employment can be positive or negative or both (at different
times), so it is important to fully evaluate the distributional and long term impacts of such
energy policies or programs. |
| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Energy Technology (ET) |
| Chairperson(s) | Pacudan, Romeo B.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Lefevre, Thierry ;Surapong Chirarattananon ; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | H. M. Queen of Thailand ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1998 |