Shedding Light : Understanding Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reliability

Overloaded electrical systems are a major source of unreliable power (outages) in developing countries. Using a randomized saturation design, we estimate the impact of energy efficient lightbulbs on household electricity consumption and local elect...

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Main Authors:	Carranza, Eliana, Meeks, Robyn
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	energy efficiency electricity reliability externalities outages fluorescent lamps energy consumption
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/728451479218411926/Shedding-light-understanding-energy-efficiency-and-electricity-reliability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25693

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spelling	okr-10986-256932021-06-08T14:42:46Z Shedding Light : Understanding Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reliability Carranza, Eliana Meeks, Robyn energy efficiency electricity reliability externalities outages fluorescent lamps energy consumption Overloaded electrical systems are a major source of unreliable power (outages) in developing countries. Using a randomized saturation design, we estimate the impact of energy efficient lightbulbs on household electricity consumption and local electricity reliability in the Kyrgyz Republic. Receiving compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) significantly reduced household electricity consumption. Estimates not controlling for spillovers in take-up underestimate the impacts of the CFLs, as control households near the treated are likely to take-up CFLs themselves. Greater saturation of CFLs within a transformer leads to aggregate reliability impacts of two fewer days per month without electricity due to unplanned outages relative to pure controls. Increased electricity reliability permits households to consume more electricity services, suggesting that CFL treatment results in technological externalities. The spillovers in take-up and technological externalities may provide an additional explanation for the gap between empirical and engineering estimates of the impacts of energy efficient technologies. 2016-12-06T22:11:58Z 2016-12-06T22:11:58Z 2016-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/728451479218411926/Shedding-light-understanding-energy-efficiency-and-electricity-reliability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25693 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7891 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Kyrgyz Republic
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description	Overloaded electrical systems are a major source of unreliable power (outages) in developing countries. Using a randomized saturation design, we estimate the impact of energy efficient lightbulbs on household electricity consumption and local electricity reliability in the Kyrgyz Republic. Receiving compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) significantly reduced household electricity consumption. Estimates not controlling for spillovers in take-up underestimate the impacts of the CFLs, as control households near the treated are likely to take-up CFLs themselves. Greater saturation of CFLs within a transformer leads to aggregate reliability impacts of two fewer days per month without electricity due to unplanned outages relative to pure controls. Increased electricity reliability permits households to consume more electricity services, suggesting that CFL treatment results in technological externalities. The spillovers in take-up and technological externalities may provide an additional explanation for the gap between empirical and engineering estimates of the impacts of energy efficient technologies.
format	Working Paper
author	Carranza, Eliana Meeks, Robyn
author_facet	Carranza, Eliana Meeks, Robyn
author_sort	Carranza, Eliana
title	Shedding Light : Understanding Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reliability
title_short	Shedding Light : Understanding Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reliability
title_full	Shedding Light : Understanding Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reliability
title_fullStr	Shedding Light : Understanding Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reliability
title_full_unstemmed	Shedding Light : Understanding Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reliability
title_sort	shedding light : understanding energy efficiency and electricity reliability
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/728451479218411926/Shedding-light-understanding-energy-efficiency-and-electricity-reliability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25693
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