The elderly and those with disabilities face greater increases in electricity bills and worse health outcomes under some time-of-use electricity rates. This suggests that vulnerable groups should be considered separately in time-of-use rate design, and future rate designs should be tested to ensure that they do not increase hardship.

中文翻译：

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不同社会人口群体的分时使用电费率对健康和财务的影响引起了人们的关注

在某些使用时间的电价下，老年人和残疾人面临的电费增加更大，健康后果更差。这表明在使用时间费率设计中应单独考虑弱势群体，并应对未来的费率设计进行测试，以确保它们不会增加困难。