Abstract This paper adopts improved 1-step Becker-Grossman model,introduced rain,per GDP and region dummy variable to study their impacts on the residential energy consumption.Using the data of province from 2004 to 2011,We find that:①There is significant individual differences of basic energy consumption in each province,less developed areas and high altitudes areas with higher energy consumption base;②Energy consumption patterns of residents is different from the 1990s,and it reached temperature-driven times instead of disaster-driven,similar with developed countries.Energy consumption and temperature exists U-shaped curve,and difference temperature adjustment cost leads to asymmetry;③Economic growth effect is greater than the temperature effect in recent years,and is the main factor that drove China’s residents energy increasing.The income elasticity of energy consumption is only 0.39,energy consumption will further increase in the future.At the end of this paper,we make six kinds of extension,and find that the model has good robustness.
2015, Vol. 32 
