Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reliability

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Carranza, Eliana; Meeks, Robyn
• 署名单位: The World Bank; Duke University
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00912
• 发表日期: 2021-07
• 页码: 461-475
• 关键词: electrification; shortages; subsidies; policies; program; HEALTH; gap

摘要

Overloaded electrical systems are a major source of unreliable power. Using a randomized saturation design, we estimate the impact of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) on electricity reliability and household electricity consumption in the Kyrgyz Republic. Greater saturation of CFLs within a transformer leads to fewer outages, a technological externality benefiting all households, regardless of individual adoption. Spillovers in CFL adoption further reduce electricity consumption, contributing to increased reliability within a transformer. CFLs' impacts on household electricity consumption vary according to the effects on reliability. Receiving CFLs significantly reduces electricity consumption, but increased reliability permits greater consumption of electricity services.