The Distributional Incidence of Residential Water and Electricity Subsidies

Subsidies to residential utility customers are popular among policymakers, utility managers, and utility customers alike, but they are nonetheless the subject of much controversy. Utility subsidies are seen as a way to help make utility service affordable for poor households and as an alternative me...

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Main Authors:	Komives, Kristin, Halpern, Jonathan, Foster, Vivien, Wodon, Quentin, Abdullah, Roohi
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES ADVERSE EFFECTS APPROACH BLOCK TARIFFS CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS CONNECTION CONNECTION CHARGE CONNECTION CHARGES CONNECTION RATE CONNECTION SUBSIDY CONNECTIONS CONSUMER BEHAVIOR CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION INCREASES CONSUMPTION LEVELS COST RECOVERY CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS CUBIC METERS OF WATER CUBIC METERS PER MONTH DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY TARIFF ELECTRICITY TARIFFS ELECTRICITY UTILITIES EMPLOYMENT ENERGY SOURCES ESP FINANCIAL VIABILITY FIXED CHARGE FIXED CHARGES GRID EXTENSION HIGH-VOLUME CONSUMERS HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INEFFICIENCY KILOWATT-HOURS MAINTENANCE COSTS METERING MONTHLY CHARGE PAYMENT OF BILLS PER CAPITA INCOMES PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POWER PRICE SUBSIDIES PRICE SUBSIDY PUBLIC TAP PUBLIC TAPS PUBLIC WATER QUANTITY OF WATER RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS RESIDENTIAL WATER SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS TARIFF STRUCTURE TARIFF STRUCTURES UNDERESTIMATES URBAN AREA USE OF WATER USERS UTILITIES UTILITY BILL UTILITY MANAGERS UTILITY OPERATIONS UTILITY PAYMENTS UTILITY POLICY UTILITY SERVICES VOLTAGE VOLUMETRIC CHARGE WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEPARTMENT WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICES WATER SUBSIDY WATER SUPPLY WATER TARIFFS WATER UTILITIES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6708395/distributional-incidence-residential-water-electricity-subsidies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8731

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