The Impact of Targeted Subsides on Household Energy Consumption (Case Study: City of Isfahan)

Among economical sectors of the country، residential sector is the largest final consumer of energy and despite other sectors; its energy intensity has an ascending trend. Accordingly، targeted subsidies law is one of the fundamental steps by implementing، the government aims to decrease energy consumption in residential sector. The aim of the present investigation is to express the effect of targeted subsidies law on the rate of consumption of electricity and natural gas within Isfahan households. For this reason، the research hypotheses have been analyzed by applying family ideas and formal statistics. Statistical population consisted of all families within 14 districts of Isfahan municipality. The Sample size، In order to investigate the hypotheses by applying the gathered data by means of a questionnaire and the significant reliability of 90%، consisted of 103 families and to investigate the first hypothesis by using formal data and the reliability of 95%، it was 365 families. The method of selecting participants was stratified random sampling. The analysis was based on deductive and descriptive statistical methods. The results demonstrated that there is no significant reduction in electricity and natural gas consumption according to the families declaration. Data analysis and formal statistics have also confirmed no significant decline in electricity consumption of families after implementing the law. In addition، there is not a significant difference between fourteen zones of the city in terms of the rate of changing the consumption of electricity within families. there have been some differences between zones in terms of the rate of changing the consumption of natural gas within families.