Utility Performance and Behavior in Africa Today

Electric utilities are central to the energy development agenda of Sub-Saharan Africa, as expressed in Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7), which commits the international community to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and mode...

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Main Authors:	Balabanyan, Ani, Semikolenova, Yadviga, Singh, Arun, Lee, Min A.
Format:	Technical Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	UTILITIES UTILITY FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE UTILITY RELIABILITY UTILITY EFFICIENCY TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY POWER SECTOR ELECTRICITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/440591628869078878/Summary-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36178

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spelling	okr-10986-361782021-08-24T05:10:40Z Utility Performance and Behavior in Africa Today Balabanyan, Ani Semikolenova, Yadviga Singh, Arun Lee, Min A. UTILITIES UTILITY FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE UTILITY RELIABILITY UTILITY EFFICIENCY TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY POWER SECTOR ELECTRICITY Electric utilities are central to the energy development agenda of Sub-Saharan Africa, as expressed in Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7), which commits the international community to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030. Over the previous two decades, utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa have made impressive strides in expanding the delivery of modern electricity services to households and businesses. The continent’s electricity access rate increased from 28 percent in 2000 to 48 percent in 2018, and generation capacity grew from 63 gigawatts in 2000 to 106 gigawatts in 2017. However, COVID-19 threatens to upend these gains, rendering the challenge of reaching SDG 7 even more urgent and, at the same time, even more difficult to achieve. In response, utilities will have to step up to the task of providing service to millions who now live without electricity, ensure reliable electricity for health facilities and schools, become credible off-takers for private developers of renewable energy, and promote regional energy trade. 2021-08-23T15:39:21Z 2021-08-23T15:39:21Z 2021-08-12 Technical Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/440591628869078878/Summary-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36178 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Africa Western and Central (AFW) Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic	UTILITIES UTILITY FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE UTILITY RELIABILITY UTILITY EFFICIENCY TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY POWER SECTOR ELECTRICITY
spellingShingle	UTILITIES UTILITY FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE UTILITY RELIABILITY UTILITY EFFICIENCY TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY POWER SECTOR ELECTRICITY Balabanyan, Ani Semikolenova, Yadviga Singh, Arun Lee, Min A. Utility Performance and Behavior in Africa Today
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description	Electric utilities are central to the energy development agenda of Sub-Saharan Africa, as expressed in Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7), which commits the international community to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030. Over the previous two decades, utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa have made impressive strides in expanding the delivery of modern electricity services to households and businesses. The continent’s electricity access rate increased from 28 percent in 2000 to 48 percent in 2018, and generation capacity grew from 63 gigawatts in 2000 to 106 gigawatts in 2017. However, COVID-19 threatens to upend these gains, rendering the challenge of reaching SDG 7 even more urgent and, at the same time, even more difficult to achieve. In response, utilities will have to step up to the task of providing service to millions who now live without electricity, ensure reliable electricity for health facilities and schools, become credible off-takers for private developers of renewable energy, and promote regional energy trade.
format	Technical Paper
author	Balabanyan, Ani Semikolenova, Yadviga Singh, Arun Lee, Min A.
author_facet	Balabanyan, Ani Semikolenova, Yadviga Singh, Arun Lee, Min A.
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title	Utility Performance and Behavior in Africa Today
title_short	Utility Performance and Behavior in Africa Today
title_full	Utility Performance and Behavior in Africa Today
title_fullStr	Utility Performance and Behavior in Africa Today
title_full_unstemmed	Utility Performance and Behavior in Africa Today
title_sort	utility performance and behavior in africa today
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/440591628869078878/Summary-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36178
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Utility Performance and Behavior in Africa Today

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