Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management

This paper presents work from the FSU participants in the Sustainable Healthy Cities Network designed to inform the science and policy of energy infrastructure transitions for smart, sustainable cities. From a fundamental science perspective, we address how to develop indicators for evaluating distributed and localized energy infrastructure transitions. From a policy perspective we examine how localized demand side policy interventions affect household (parcel) level energy use and program participation behaviors, accounting for socio-spatial contexts and the potential scalability of such interventions. The data for this project derive from a 10-year time-series panel data set for Tallahassee FL at the household/parcel level with more the 1M observations that is currently under development. The parcel level data base of all electrical utility customers in Tallahassee Florida includes information on consumption of energy and other utility services, housing characteristics, home value, spatial information such as vegetation cover and solar exposure, residents party affiliation, parcel level population estimates, census block demographics, and participation in specific demand-side distributed policy programs. The conclusion will address the implications of the findings at a multi-scale, multi-sector perspective linking to the overall work of the Sustainable Healthy Cities Network on the emergent infrastructure transitions that will reshape cities and urban regions.