Paying the Price for Unreliable Power Supplies : In-House Generation of Electricity by Firms in Africa

This paper documents the prevalence of in-house generation of electric power by firms in Sub-Saharan Africa and attempts to identify the underlying causes. The analysis is based on two data sources. The UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base (WE...

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Main Authors:	Foster, Vivien, Steinbuks, Jevgenijs
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY APPROACH AVAILABILITY AVAILABILITY OF POWER BACK-UP BACKUP BACKUP POWER BALANCE BIOMASS BLACKOUTS BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUSINESSES CAPABILITY CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITAL STOCK CEMENT CHEMICAL PRODUCTS COAL COMBUSTION COMMERCE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES COMMODITY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION OF FUEL CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT COST OF ELECTRICITY COST OF POWER COSTS OF ELECTRICITY COSTS OF POWER DATA ANALYSIS DEMAND FOR POWER DIESEL DIESEL FUEL DIESEL GENERATORS DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR ELECTRICAL POWER ELECTRICITY COGENERATION ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TARIFFS EMPLOYMENT END USERS ENERGY DEPARTMENT ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY POLICY ENERGY-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES ENTERPRISE SURVEY ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EQUIPMENT EXPORT MARKETS EXTERNAL FINANCING FIXED COSTS FOREIGN TRADE FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FRONT OFFICE FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL COST FUEL PRICES FUEL TYPE FUEL TYPES FUELS GAS GENERATING CAPACITY GENERATING UNITS GENERATION GENERATION ASSETS GENERATION BUSINESS GENERATION CAPACITY GENERATION COSTS GENERATION MARKETS GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY GENERATOR GRID GRID ELECTRIFICATION HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS HYDROPOWER INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INVENTORY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT COSTS KILOWATT-HOUR LIMITED ACCESS LOAD FACTOR MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MARGINAL COST OF ELECTRICITY MARGINAL COSTS MEDIUM ENTERPRISES NATURAL MONOPOLY OIL OIL PRICES OWNERSHIP CHANGE PEAK LOAD PETROLEUM PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POST-CONFLICT POWER POWER COMPANIES POWER GENERATION POWER MARKETS POWER OUTAGES POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR REFORM POWER SECTORS POWER SUPPLIES POWER SUPPLY POWER UTILITIES PRICE OF DIESEL PRICE OF ELECTRICITY PRICE VOLATILITY PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROCUREMENT PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PROVISION OF POWER PUBLIC POWER PUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES PUMPS RAIDS RAW MATERIALS RELIABILITY RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RESULT RESULTS RETAIL SALES STATE-OWNED UTILITIES STRATEGIC VALUE SUGAR INDUSTRY SUNK COSTS TRANSMISSION USES UTILITIES WEB WEB SITE WEB SITES
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