Residential Electricity Subsidies in
Mexico : Exploring Options for Reform and for Enhancing the
Impact on the Poor

Residential Electricity Subsidies in Mexico : Exploring Options for Reform and for Enhancing the Impact on the Poor

This report addresses a pressing issue in Mexico's electricity sector the large and growing subsidies to residential consumers and their regressive incidence across different segments of the population. It responds to requests from the Ministr...

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Main Authors:	Komives, Kristin, Johnson, Todd M., Halpern, Jonathan D., Aburto, Jose Luis, Scott, John R.
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURE AIR QUALITY APPROACH AVERAGE COSTS BENCHMARKING BENEFICIARIES CALCULATION CALCULATIONS CASH SUBSIDY CASH TRANSFER CLIMATE CHANGE CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS CONSUMER CONSUMER BEHAVIOR CONSUMER GROUPS CONSUMPTION LEVELS CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS COST ESTIMATE COST OF ELECTRICITY COST RECOVERY CURRENCY DEMAND ELASTICITY DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DEPRECIATION DIESEL DISPOSABLE INCOMES DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY DIVIDENDS ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS ECONOMIC COST ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC PROGRAMS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRIC UTILITIES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY SALES ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TARIFF ELECTRICITY TARIFFS ELECTRICITY UTILITIES ELECTRICITY UTILITY EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM POWER PLANTS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXCLUSION FINANCES FINANCIAL COST FINANCIAL HEALTH FINANCIAL SITUATION FINANCIAL SUBSIDIES FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FISCAL PERFORMANCE FUEL FUEL COSTS FUEL OIL FUELS GDP GENERATING CAPACITY GENERATION GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH GAS PRICES HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INEFFICIENCY INFERIOR GOODS INFLATION INVESTMENT PROGRAM JUDGMENT KILOWATT-HOUR LIVING STANDARDS LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS LOWER INCOME LOWER-INCOME POPULATION MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COST OF ELECTRICITY MARGINAL COSTS MERIT GOOD NATURAL GAS OIL PARTICULATES PEAK DEMAND PENSIONS POLLUTANTS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES POWER POWER PRODUCER POWER SYSTEM PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRICE OF ELECTRICITY PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PURCHASES PURCHASING POWER RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS RETIREMENT SAFETY NET SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT SOURCE OF INFORMATION SUPPLY COSTS SUPPLY EFFICIENCY TARGETED SUBSIDIES TARIFF LEVELS TARIFF STRUCTURE TARIFF STRUCTURES TARIFF SYSTEM TARIFF SYSTEMS TAX TAX REBATES TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TOTAL COST TOTAL COSTS TRANSMISSION FACILITIES TRANSMISSION LOSSES UTILITY CHARGES VARIABLE COST WAGE WAGES WEB PAGE WORTH
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