Scaling Up Access to Electricity : Pay-as-You-Go Plans in Off-Grid Energy Services

Although the payment models offered by off-grid energy companies are less flexible than those implemented with great success by mobile telephone companies, they may still have an important role to play in scaling up off-grid energy services for bil...

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Main Authors: Moreno, Alejandro, Bareisaite, Asta
Format: Brief
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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spelling okr-10986-213602021-04-23T14:04:01Z Scaling Up Access to Electricity : Pay-as-You-Go Plans in Off-Grid Energy Services Moreno, Alejandro Bareisaite, Asta ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY APPROACH BANDWIDTH BATTERIES BOTTOM LINE BRIQUETTES BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS MODELS CASH FLOW CASH FLOWS CHARCOAL COAL COLOR COMPETITIVENESS COOKING COVERS CUSTOMER BASE CUSTOMER SERVICE DIFFUSION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY UTILITY ELECTRIFICATION EMISSIONS END USER ENERGY ACCESS ENERGY COMPANIES ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DATA ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY INDUSTRY ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY MIX ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY PRODUCTS ENERGY PROVIDERS ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SERVICE ENERGY SERVICE PROVIDERS ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SOLUTIONS ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SYSTEMS ENERGY USE EQUIPMENT FINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION FIXED COSTS FLEXIBILITY FOREST RESIDUES FUEL FUELS GASEOUS FUELS GENERATION GRID GRID COMPANIES GRID ELECTRICITY GRID ELECTRICITY SERVICE GRID SOLUTIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEATING HEATING FUELS HOUSEHOLD CUSTOMERS HYDROPOWER INFORMATION POLICY INSTALLATION KEROSENE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT LIGHTING LIGNITE LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS MARKETING MECHANICS MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MOBILE TELEPHONE MOBILE TELEPHONES MOBILE TELEPHONY MODERN WORLD MOMENTUM NETWORKS PDF PELLETS PETROLEUM PETROLEUM GAS PIPELINE POWER POWER LINES POWER SUPPLY POWER SYSTEM PRIMARY ENERGY PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PURCHASING POWER RADIO REAL-TIME DATA RELIABILITY RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES RESULT RESULTS SERVICE PROVIDERS SOLAR HOME SYSTEM SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS SOLAR LANTERNS SOLAR PANEL SOLAR PANELS SOLAR POWER SOLAR SYSTEM SOLAR SYSTEMS SOLID FUELS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TARGETS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TECHNICAL MEASURES TRADITIONAL BIOMASS TRANSMISSION UNIVERSAL ACCESS USER USERS USES UTILITY MODEL WORLD ENERGY WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK Although the payment models offered by off-grid energy companies are less flexible than those implemented with great success by mobile telephone companies, they may still have an important role to play in scaling up off-grid energy services for billions of people who lack access to electricity. More research is needed to assess the importance of flexible payments in attracting reliable low-income customers. 2015-01-28T21:24:59Z 2015-01-28T21:24:59Z 2015-01 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23854137/scaling-up-access-electricity-pay-as-you-go-plans-off-grid-energy-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21360 English en_US Live Wire, 2015/34 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY
APPROACH
BANDWIDTH
BATTERIES
BOTTOM LINE
BRIQUETTES
BUSINESS MODEL
BUSINESS MODELS
CASH FLOW
CASH FLOWS
CHARCOAL
COAL
COLOR
COMPETITIVENESS
COOKING
COVERS
CUSTOMER BASE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
DIFFUSION
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
ELECTRICITY UTILITY
ELECTRIFICATION
EMISSIONS
END USER
ENERGY ACCESS
ENERGY COMPANIES
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY DATA
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY INDUSTRY
ENERGY INTENSITY
ENERGY MIX
ENERGY OUTLOOK
ENERGY PRODUCTS
ENERGY PROVIDERS
ENERGY SECTOR
ENERGY SERVICE
ENERGY SERVICE PROVIDERS
ENERGY SERVICES
ENERGY SOLUTIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY USE
EQUIPMENT
FINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION
FIXED COSTS
FLEXIBILITY
FOREST RESIDUES
FUEL
FUELS
GASEOUS FUELS
GENERATION
GRID
GRID COMPANIES
GRID ELECTRICITY
GRID ELECTRICITY SERVICE
GRID SOLUTIONS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HEATING
HEATING FUELS
HOUSEHOLD CUSTOMERS
HYDROPOWER
INFORMATION POLICY
INSTALLATION
KEROSENE
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
LIGHTING
LIGNITE
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
MARKETING
MECHANICS
MOBILE PHONE
MOBILE PHONES
MOBILE TELEPHONE
MOBILE TELEPHONES
MOBILE TELEPHONY
MODERN WORLD
MOMENTUM
NETWORKS
PDF
PELLETS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM GAS
PIPELINE
POWER
POWER LINES
POWER SUPPLY
POWER SYSTEM
PRIMARY ENERGY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PURCHASING POWER
RADIO
REAL-TIME DATA
RELIABILITY
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
RESULT
RESULTS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SOLAR HOME SYSTEM
SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS
SOLAR LANTERNS
SOLAR PANEL
SOLAR PANELS
SOLAR POWER
SOLAR SYSTEM
SOLAR SYSTEMS
SOLID FUELS
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
TARGETS
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
TECHNICAL MEASURES
TRADITIONAL BIOMASS
TRANSMISSION
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
USER
USERS
USES
UTILITY MODEL
WORLD ENERGY
WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK
spellingShingle ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY
APPROACH
BANDWIDTH
BATTERIES
BOTTOM LINE
BRIQUETTES
BUSINESS MODEL
BUSINESS MODELS
CASH FLOW
CASH FLOWS
CHARCOAL
COAL
COLOR
COMPETITIVENESS
COOKING
COVERS
CUSTOMER BASE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
DIFFUSION
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
ELECTRICITY UTILITY
ELECTRIFICATION
EMISSIONS
END USER
ENERGY ACCESS
ENERGY COMPANIES
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY DATA
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY INDUSTRY
ENERGY INTENSITY
ENERGY MIX
ENERGY OUTLOOK
ENERGY PRODUCTS
ENERGY PROVIDERS
ENERGY SECTOR
ENERGY SERVICE
ENERGY SERVICE PROVIDERS
ENERGY SERVICES
ENERGY SOLUTIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY USE
EQUIPMENT
FINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION
FIXED COSTS
FLEXIBILITY
FOREST RESIDUES
FUEL
FUELS
GASEOUS FUELS
GENERATION
GRID
GRID COMPANIES
GRID ELECTRICITY
GRID ELECTRICITY SERVICE
GRID SOLUTIONS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HEATING
HEATING FUELS
HOUSEHOLD CUSTOMERS
HYDROPOWER
INFORMATION POLICY
INSTALLATION
KEROSENE
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
LIGHTING
LIGNITE
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
MARKETING
MECHANICS
MOBILE PHONE
MOBILE PHONES
MOBILE TELEPHONE
MOBILE TELEPHONES
MOBILE TELEPHONY
MODERN WORLD
MOMENTUM
NETWORKS
PDF
PELLETS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM GAS
PIPELINE
POWER
POWER LINES
POWER SUPPLY
POWER SYSTEM
PRIMARY ENERGY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PURCHASING POWER
RADIO
REAL-TIME DATA
RELIABILITY
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
RESULT
RESULTS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SOLAR HOME SYSTEM
SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS
SOLAR LANTERNS
SOLAR PANEL
SOLAR PANELS
SOLAR POWER
SOLAR SYSTEM
SOLAR SYSTEMS
SOLID FUELS
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
TARGETS
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
TECHNICAL MEASURES
TRADITIONAL BIOMASS
TRANSMISSION
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
USER
USERS
USES
UTILITY MODEL
WORLD ENERGY
WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK
Moreno, Alejandro
Bareisaite, Asta
Scaling Up Access to Electricity : Pay-as-You-Go Plans in Off-Grid Energy Services
relation Live Wire, 2015/34
description Although the payment models offered by off-grid energy companies are less flexible than those implemented with great success by mobile telephone companies, they may still have an important role to play in scaling up off-grid energy services for billions of people who lack access to electricity. More research is needed to assess the importance of flexible payments in attracting reliable low-income customers.
format Brief
author Moreno, Alejandro
Bareisaite, Asta
author_facet Moreno, Alejandro
Bareisaite, Asta
author_sort Moreno, Alejandro
title Scaling Up Access to Electricity : Pay-as-You-Go Plans in Off-Grid Energy Services
title_short Scaling Up Access to Electricity : Pay-as-You-Go Plans in Off-Grid Energy Services
title_full Scaling Up Access to Electricity : Pay-as-You-Go Plans in Off-Grid Energy Services
title_fullStr Scaling Up Access to Electricity : Pay-as-You-Go Plans in Off-Grid Energy Services
title_full_unstemmed Scaling Up Access to Electricity : Pay-as-You-Go Plans in Off-Grid Energy Services
title_sort scaling up access to electricity : pay-as-you-go plans in off-grid energy services
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23854137/scaling-up-access-electricity-pay-as-you-go-plans-off-grid-energy-services
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