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The first results I find talk about this specific study, which measured electricity usage. It found that DST increased energy consumption by about 1%. https:/
by waterhouse 6y ago
The first results I find talk about this specific study, which measured electricity usage. It found that DST increased energy consumption by about 1%. https://www.nber.org/papers/w14429 https://www.nber.org/papers/w14429
- petre 6y agoWasn't it supposed to decrease electricity usage? If I remember correctly it was one of the arguments for DST. I really dislike it. We do time based reporting and it messes up all the calculations at DST change. All kinds if weird bugs that trigger once per year, especially when time skips backwards. It's also dumb how trains have to stop and wait for an hour at the winter DST change in order to maintain the schedule. It would be a breath of fresh air when it's finally dropped in the EU.
- vonmoltke 6y ago> Wasn't it supposed to decrease electricity usage? If I remember correctly it was one of the arguments for DST. It was, and did, but that was based on a time when lighting drove total electrical load. That's no longer the case due to increasing energy efficiency in lighting and the growth of other common electrical loads.