Impact Evaluation of Free-of-charge CFL Bulb Distribution in Ethiopia

Electricity infrastructure is one of the most important development challenges in Africa. While more resources are clearly needed to invest in new capacities, it is also important to promote energy efficiency and manage the increasing demand for po...

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Main Authors: Costolanski, Peter, Elahi, Raihan, Iimi, Atsushi, Kitchlu, Rahul
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
AIR
CO2
GHG
PP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17428953/impact-evaluation-free-of-charge-cfl-bulb-distribution-ethiopia-impact-evaluation-free-of-charge-cfl-bulb-distribution-ethiopia
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spelling okr-10986-131322021-04-23T14:03:07Z Impact Evaluation of Free-of-charge CFL Bulb Distribution in Ethiopia Costolanski, Peter Elahi, Raihan Iimi, Atsushi Kitchlu, Rahul ABATEMENT ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY AIR AIR CONDITIONERS APPROACH AVERAGE PRICE CALCULATION CARBON CARBON REDUCTIONS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO2 CONDITIONERS CONSUMER DEMAND CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY DEMAND FOR ENERGY DEMAND FOR POWER DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS DONOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC THEORY ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY CAPACITY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY PRICE ELECTRICITY PRICING ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY SYSTEM ELECTRICITY TARIFFS ELECTRICITY USE ELECTRICITY UTILITY ELECTRIFICATION EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSERVATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS ENERGY GOODS ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY POLICY ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES EXTREME EVENTS FLUORESCENT LAMP FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL PRICES GHG GLOBAL WARMING HYDRO POWER HYDROPOWER IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY INCANDESCENT BULBS INCOME INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY LAND ECONOMICS MARGINAL COST MARGINAL PRICE MARKET FAILURE MICRO HYDRO PEAK DEMAND PEAK POWER POLICY IMPLICATIONS POWER CONSUMPTION POWER CORPORATION POWER DEMAND POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION CAPACITY POWER PRODUCTION POWER SECTOR POWER UTILITIES PP PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRICE INDEX PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RESOURCE ECONOMICS ROAD TRANSPORT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARIFF STRUCTURE TOTAL CONSUMPTION TOTAL COST TRANSMISSION CAPACITY UTILITIES WEATHER CONDITIONS WIND WORLD ENERGY WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK Electricity infrastructure is one of the most important development challenges in Africa. While more resources are clearly needed to invest in new capacities, it is also important to promote energy efficiency and manage the increasing demand for power. This paper evaluates one of the recent energy-efficiency programs in Ethiopia, which distributed 350,000 compact fluorescent lamp bulbs free of charge. The impact related to this first phase is estimated at about 45 to 50 kilowatt hours per customer per month, or about 13.3 megawatts of energy savings in total. The overall impact of the compact fluorescent lamp bulb programs, thanks to which more than 5 million bulbs were distributed, could be significantly larger. The paper also finds that the majority of the program beneficiaries were low-volume customers -- mostly from among the poor -- although the program was not targeted. In addition, the analysis determines the distributional effect of the program: the energy savings relative to the underlying energy consumption were larger for the poor. The evidence also supports a rebound effect. About 20 percent of the initial energy savings disappeared within 18 months of the program's completion. 2013-04-10T18:59:20Z 2013-04-10T18:59:20Z 2013-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17428953/impact-evaluation-free-of-charge-cfl-bulb-distribution-ethiopia-impact-evaluation-free-of-charge-cfl-bulb-distribution-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13132 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6383 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Ethiopia
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topic ABATEMENT
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
AIR
AIR CONDITIONERS
APPROACH
AVERAGE PRICE
CALCULATION
CARBON
CARBON REDUCTIONS
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CO2
CONDITIONERS
CONSUMER DEMAND
CONSUMER PRICE
CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY
DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY
DEMAND FOR ENERGY
DEMAND FOR POWER
DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS
DONOR COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC THEORY
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY CAPACITY
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
ELECTRICITY DEMAND
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
ELECTRICITY PRICE
ELECTRICITY PRICING
ELECTRICITY SECTOR
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
ELECTRICITY SYSTEM
ELECTRICITY TARIFFS
ELECTRICITY USE
ELECTRICITY UTILITY
ELECTRIFICATION
EMISSIONS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY ECONOMICS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES
ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS
ENERGY GOODS
ENERGY OUTLOOK
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SAVINGS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY USE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
EXTREME EVENTS
FLUORESCENT LAMP
FUEL
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUEL EFFICIENCY
FUEL PRICES
GHG
GLOBAL WARMING
HYDRO POWER
HYDROPOWER
IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
INCANDESCENT BULBS
INCOME
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
LAND ECONOMICS
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL PRICE
MARKET FAILURE
MICRO HYDRO
PEAK DEMAND
PEAK POWER
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POWER CONSUMPTION
POWER CORPORATION
POWER DEMAND
POWER GENERATION
POWER GENERATION CAPACITY
POWER PRODUCTION
POWER SECTOR
POWER UTILITIES
PP
PRICE ELASTICITY
PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
PRICE INDEX
PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESOURCE ECONOMICS
ROAD TRANSPORT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TARIFF STRUCTURE
TOTAL CONSUMPTION
TOTAL COST
TRANSMISSION CAPACITY
UTILITIES
WEATHER CONDITIONS
WIND
WORLD ENERGY
WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK
spellingShingle ABATEMENT
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
AIR
AIR CONDITIONERS
APPROACH
AVERAGE PRICE
CALCULATION
CARBON
CARBON REDUCTIONS
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CO2
CONDITIONERS
CONSUMER DEMAND
CONSUMER PRICE
CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY
DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY
DEMAND FOR ENERGY
DEMAND FOR POWER
DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT
DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS
DONOR COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC THEORY
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY CAPACITY
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
ELECTRICITY DEMAND
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
ELECTRICITY PRICE
ELECTRICITY PRICING
ELECTRICITY SECTOR
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
ELECTRICITY SYSTEM
ELECTRICITY TARIFFS
ELECTRICITY USE
ELECTRICITY UTILITY
ELECTRIFICATION
EMISSIONS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY ECONOMICS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES
ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS
ENERGY GOODS
ENERGY OUTLOOK
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SAVINGS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY USE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
EXTREME EVENTS
FLUORESCENT LAMP
FUEL
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUEL EFFICIENCY
FUEL PRICES
GHG
GLOBAL WARMING
HYDRO POWER
HYDROPOWER
IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
INCANDESCENT BULBS
INCOME
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
LAND ECONOMICS
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL PRICE
MARKET FAILURE
MICRO HYDRO
PEAK DEMAND
PEAK POWER
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POWER CONSUMPTION
POWER CORPORATION
POWER DEMAND
POWER GENERATION
POWER GENERATION CAPACITY
POWER PRODUCTION
POWER SECTOR
POWER UTILITIES
PP
PRICE ELASTICITY
PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
PRICE INDEX
PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESOURCE ECONOMICS
ROAD TRANSPORT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TARIFF STRUCTURE
TOTAL CONSUMPTION
TOTAL COST
TRANSMISSION CAPACITY
UTILITIES
WEATHER CONDITIONS
WIND
WORLD ENERGY
WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK
Costolanski, Peter
Elahi, Raihan
Iimi, Atsushi
Kitchlu, Rahul
Impact Evaluation of Free-of-charge CFL Bulb Distribution in Ethiopia
geographic_facet Africa
Ethiopia
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6383
description Electricity infrastructure is one of the most important development challenges in Africa. While more resources are clearly needed to invest in new capacities, it is also important to promote energy efficiency and manage the increasing demand for power. This paper evaluates one of the recent energy-efficiency programs in Ethiopia, which distributed 350,000 compact fluorescent lamp bulbs free of charge. The impact related to this first phase is estimated at about 45 to 50 kilowatt hours per customer per month, or about 13.3 megawatts of energy savings in total. The overall impact of the compact fluorescent lamp bulb programs, thanks to which more than 5 million bulbs were distributed, could be significantly larger. The paper also finds that the majority of the program beneficiaries were low-volume customers -- mostly from among the poor -- although the program was not targeted. In addition, the analysis determines the distributional effect of the program: the energy savings relative to the underlying energy consumption were larger for the poor. The evidence also supports a rebound effect. About 20 percent of the initial energy savings disappeared within 18 months of the program's completion.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Costolanski, Peter
Elahi, Raihan
Iimi, Atsushi
Kitchlu, Rahul
author_facet Costolanski, Peter
Elahi, Raihan
Iimi, Atsushi
Kitchlu, Rahul
author_sort Costolanski, Peter
title Impact Evaluation of Free-of-charge CFL Bulb Distribution in Ethiopia
title_short Impact Evaluation of Free-of-charge CFL Bulb Distribution in Ethiopia
title_full Impact Evaluation of Free-of-charge CFL Bulb Distribution in Ethiopia
title_fullStr Impact Evaluation of Free-of-charge CFL Bulb Distribution in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Impact Evaluation of Free-of-charge CFL Bulb Distribution in Ethiopia
title_sort impact evaluation of free-of-charge cfl bulb distribution in ethiopia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17428953/impact-evaluation-free-of-charge-cfl-bulb-distribution-ethiopia-impact-evaluation-free-of-charge-cfl-bulb-distribution-ethiopia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13132
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