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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Main Authors:	Powell, Stephen, Starks, Mary
Format:	Viewpoint
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	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 SUPPLY & DEMAND COMPETITION (ECONOMIC) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
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Does Reform of Energy Sector Networks Improve Access for the Poor?

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