Improving electricity access in low-income countries is a challenging problem because of the high costs of grid … extension and low demand for grid electricity in rural areas. This study elucidates these constraints by analyzing poor … households' willingness-to-pay for different types of electricity access, including lower cost off-grid technologies. The …

Entrepreneurs in developing countries report that unreliable electricity imposes a serious constraint, yet little …

performance. The analysis finds that electricity tariffs are rarely high enough to cover the full costs of service delivery, even …

revived based on new electricity, gas, and renewable energy laws; price and subsidy adjustments; structural reforms with a …'s social contract was linked to expanding energy access with good quality supply based on public financing and huge subsidies … pressure in 2014 when energy subsidies reached 6.8 percent of gross domestic product. Since then, the reform process has been …

success has occurred mostly under a state-owned utility, Electricity Vietnam. Select market-oriented reforms to date have also … long-term sustainability without jeopardizing security of supply for the fast-growing economy. Vietnam's 2004 Electricity … Law has provided the framework to develop a competitive power market, unbundle Electricity Vietnam, set prices that better …

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of electricity pricing practices and tariff structure design in more than … 60 developed and developing countries worldwide as of 2015-16. It evaluates the performance of electricity tariff designs … (or price differentiation). It also reflects on the extent to which current electricity tariff designs are well-suited to …

The levelized cost of electricity is the most common indicator used to compare the cost competitiveness of electricity …-generating technologies. Several studies claim that some renewable energy technologies, particularly utility-scale solar photovoltaic and … considering the wide variations in factors that influence the levelized costs of electricity across countries and technologies …

energy investment. The reforms have improved the operational efficiency of the sector, increased cost recovery, and captured … leading diversification toward geothermal energy. Political influence in sector decisions remains significant, in planning and …