Electric power and economic development, by B. C. Netschert.--The application of TVA experience to underdeveloped countries, by J. Oliver.--Natural resource problems and TVA, by J. L. Fisher.--The politics of water resource development as exemplified by TVA, by N. Wengert.--Identical pricing and...

"This paper summarizes the key findings and conclusions of a literature review of small-scale private service providers (SPSPs) of water supply and electricity conducted over a six-month period in 2003. It draws on more than 400 documents-including journals, articles, reports, case studies and...

The electric power industry is moving away from a regulated utility model, toward a deregulated market-based model - thereby intending to improve system efficiency by reducing generation costs and customer prices, while at the same time improving capital expenditures and service reliability....

Households typically receive utility bills where all electricity use during a fixed period of time is lumped together. The lack of direct feedback in the form of marginal costs of using specific electric appliances reduces the attention people give to their energy consumption and potentially...