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 …

, private investments in captive substations emerge as a coping mechanism against unreliable electricity supply. Lastly, an …

results by characterizing desynchronized posted pricing approaches. Illustrating highly flexible load by means of electric …-loop pricing can almost match the efficiency of closed-loop adaptive pricing in settings with limited system flexibility. We find … that the more renewable generation and flexible load are present in the system, the better more complex pricing schemes …

Due to the call for further integration of European markets and the targeted climate goals, both European electricity … 2015, aiming at a better representation of physics of the electricity grid as well as increased transparency of market …