Does Reform of Energy Sector Networks Improve Access for the Poor?
Unless energy can be produced and delivered more cheaply, it will stay beyond the reach of many of the poor. For energy delivered through networks, the costs that matter are not only the unit energy costs, but the costs of extending the network--in...
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okr-10986-114312021-06-14T11:03:01Z Does Reform of Energy Sector Networks Improve Access for the Poor? Powell, Stephen Starks, Mary ACCEPTABLE TARIFFS ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY BULK ELECTRICITY BULK POWER BULK POWER MARKET BULK PRICES CAPTIVE CUSTOMERS CENTRAL PLANNING COAL COAL PLANT COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY MARKET CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LEVELS CPI DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DOLLARS PER MEGAWATT DOLLARS PER MEGAWATT-HOUR ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ELECTRICITY POOL ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY PROVISION ELECTRICITY REFORM ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS ELECTRICITY TARIFF EMPLOYMENT ENERGY COSTS ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SECTOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE ENERGY SECTOR NETWORKS ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY STATISTICS ENERGY SUBSIDIES FIXED COSTS FUEL FUEL PRICES FUELS GAS GENERATING UNITS GAS GENERATION GAS MARKET GAS MARKET LIBERALIZATION GAS NETWORKS GAS PRICES GAS TURBINE GDP GENERATION COSTS GENERATION MARKET GENERATOR GENERATOR DISPATCH GENERATORS GRID GRID EXTENSIONS GRID PROVISION GRID SERVICES GRID SYSTEMS HEATING HIGH-VOLTAGE SYSTEM HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION INCOME INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY KILOMETER SPUR LINE LIFELINE TARIFFS LIGHTS LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS LOW-VOLTAGE LOW-VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION METER READING MONOPOLIES NATURAL MONOPOLY NEW ENTRANTS OIL PEAK DEMAND POOR POPULATIONS POWER PLANT POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR REFORM PRICE CAP PRICE OF GAS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PRODUCTION COSTS PURCHASE PRICE PURCHASING POWER RURAL ELECTRICITY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ELECTRIFICATION FUND RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATIONS SAVINGS THERMAL EFFICIENCY THERMAL PLANTS TOTAL COST OF ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION COSTS UTILITIES UTILITY EMPLOYEES VARIABLE COSTS ENERGY SECTOR REFORM NETWORKS SERVICE DELIVERY INCENTIVES ENERGY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRANSMISSION POWER GENERATION POWER DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY PRICING GRIDS FIXED COSTS SUPPLY & DEMAND COMPETITION (ECONOMIC) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION Unless energy can be produced and delivered more cheaply, it will stay beyond the reach of many of the poor. For energy delivered through networks, the costs that matter are not only the unit energy costs, but the costs of extending the network--into an urban slum, for example, or to a rural town. Extending a network can be very expensive--a major barrier to access for poor households and small or isolated communitieds. A central goal of the reform of electricity and gas networks, now occurring in an increasing number of developed and developing countries, is to provide incentives to reduce the costs of producing energy and getting it to consumers. New technologies in electricity are drastically reducing costs. But transmission costs are still a major hurdle to expanding networks in isolated or lightly populated areas. As a result it is the urban poor who stand the greatest chance of benefiting from network reform. For the rural poor, alternative solutions, including mini-grid and off-grid services, may be required. 2012-08-13T15:03:07Z 2012-08-13T15:03:07Z 2000-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/729346/reform-energy-sector-networks-improve-access-poor Viewpoint. -- Note no. 209 (May 2000) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11431 English Viewpoint CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research |
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ACCEPTABLE TARIFFS ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY BULK ELECTRICITY BULK POWER BULK POWER MARKET BULK PRICES CAPTIVE CUSTOMERS CENTRAL PLANNING COAL COAL PLANT COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY MARKET CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LEVELS CPI DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DOLLARS PER MEGAWATT DOLLARS PER MEGAWATT-HOUR ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ELECTRICITY POOL ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY PROVISION ELECTRICITY REFORM ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS ELECTRICITY TARIFF EMPLOYMENT ENERGY COSTS ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SECTOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE ENERGY SECTOR NETWORKS ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY STATISTICS ENERGY SUBSIDIES FIXED COSTS FUEL FUEL PRICES FUELS GAS GENERATING UNITS GAS GENERATION GAS MARKET GAS MARKET LIBERALIZATION GAS NETWORKS GAS PRICES GAS TURBINE GDP GENERATION COSTS GENERATION MARKET GENERATOR GENERATOR DISPATCH GENERATORS GRID GRID EXTENSIONS GRID PROVISION GRID SERVICES GRID SYSTEMS HEATING HIGH-VOLTAGE SYSTEM HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION INCOME INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY KILOMETER SPUR LINE LIFELINE TARIFFS LIGHTS LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS LOW-VOLTAGE LOW-VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION METER READING MONOPOLIES NATURAL MONOPOLY NEW ENTRANTS OIL PEAK DEMAND POOR POPULATIONS POWER PLANT POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR REFORM PRICE CAP PRICE OF GAS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PRODUCTION COSTS PURCHASE PRICE PURCHASING POWER RURAL ELECTRICITY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ELECTRIFICATION FUND RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATIONS SAVINGS THERMAL EFFICIENCY THERMAL PLANTS TOTAL COST OF ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION COSTS UTILITIES UTILITY EMPLOYEES VARIABLE COSTS ENERGY SECTOR REFORM NETWORKS SERVICE DELIVERY INCENTIVES ENERGY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRANSMISSION POWER GENERATION POWER DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY PRICING GRIDS FIXED COSTS SUPPLY & DEMAND COMPETITION (ECONOMIC) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION |
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ACCEPTABLE TARIFFS ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY BULK ELECTRICITY BULK POWER BULK POWER MARKET BULK PRICES CAPTIVE CUSTOMERS CENTRAL PLANNING COAL COAL PLANT COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY MARKET CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LEVELS CPI DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DOLLARS PER MEGAWATT DOLLARS PER MEGAWATT-HOUR ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ELECTRICITY POOL ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY PROVISION ELECTRICITY REFORM ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS ELECTRICITY TARIFF EMPLOYMENT ENERGY COSTS ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SECTOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE ENERGY SECTOR NETWORKS ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY STATISTICS ENERGY SUBSIDIES FIXED COSTS FUEL FUEL PRICES FUELS GAS GENERATING UNITS GAS GENERATION GAS MARKET GAS MARKET LIBERALIZATION GAS NETWORKS GAS PRICES GAS TURBINE GDP GENERATION COSTS GENERATION MARKET GENERATOR GENERATOR DISPATCH GENERATORS GRID GRID EXTENSIONS GRID PROVISION GRID SERVICES GRID SYSTEMS HEATING HIGH-VOLTAGE SYSTEM HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION INCOME INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY KILOMETER SPUR LINE LIFELINE TARIFFS LIGHTS LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS LOW-VOLTAGE LOW-VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION METER READING MONOPOLIES NATURAL MONOPOLY NEW ENTRANTS OIL PEAK DEMAND POOR POPULATIONS POWER PLANT POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR REFORM PRICE CAP PRICE OF GAS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PRODUCTION COSTS PURCHASE PRICE PURCHASING POWER RURAL ELECTRICITY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ELECTRIFICATION FUND RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATIONS SAVINGS THERMAL EFFICIENCY THERMAL PLANTS TOTAL COST OF ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION COSTS UTILITIES UTILITY EMPLOYEES VARIABLE COSTS ENERGY SECTOR REFORM NETWORKS SERVICE DELIVERY INCENTIVES ENERGY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRANSMISSION POWER GENERATION POWER DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY PRICING GRIDS FIXED COSTS SUPPLY & DEMAND COMPETITION (ECONOMIC) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION Powell, Stephen Starks, Mary Does Reform of Energy Sector Networks Improve Access for the Poor? |
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Viewpoint |
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Unless energy can be produced and
delivered more cheaply, it will stay beyond the reach of
many of the poor. For energy delivered through networks, the
costs that matter are not only the unit energy costs, but
the costs of extending the network--into an urban slum, for
example, or to a rural town. Extending a network can be very
expensive--a major barrier to access for poor households and
small or isolated communitieds. A central goal of the reform
of electricity and gas networks, now occurring in an
increasing number of developed and developing countries, is
to provide incentives to reduce the costs of producing
energy and getting it to consumers. New technologies in
electricity are drastically reducing costs. But transmission
costs are still a major hurdle to expanding networks in
isolated or lightly populated areas. As a result it is the
urban poor who stand the greatest chance of benefiting from
network reform. For the rural poor, alternative solutions,
including mini-grid and off-grid services, may be required. |
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Publications & Research :: Viewpoint |
| author |
Powell, Stephen Starks, Mary |
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Powell, Stephen Starks, Mary |
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Powell, Stephen |
| title |
Does Reform of Energy Sector Networks Improve Access for the Poor? |
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Does Reform of Energy Sector Networks Improve Access for the Poor? |
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Does Reform of Energy Sector Networks Improve Access for the Poor? |
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Does Reform of Energy Sector Networks Improve Access for the Poor? |
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Does Reform of Energy Sector Networks Improve Access for the Poor? |
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does reform of energy sector networks improve access for the poor? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/729346/reform-energy-sector-networks-improve-access-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11431 |
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