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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113331
	Purchasing power: Examining customer profiles and patterns for decentralized electricity systems in East Africa
	Lukuyu, June; Shiran, Myriam; Kennedy, Ryan; Urpelainen, Johannes; Taneja, Jay
发表日期	2023
ISSN	0301-4215
EISSN	1873-6777
卷号	172 页码:12
英文摘要	Off-grid electricity systems have burgeoned across Africa recently, extending electricity access to rural communities. With the accelerated adoption of mini-grids and solar home systems, it is becoming increasingly important to understand how their customer bases consume and spend on electricity. Using a novel data set of hourly electricity consumption and electricity expenditures of about 13,000 solar home system customers in Kenya in 2018 and 2,000 mini-grid customers in Tanzania in 2017, we present a relative examination of the electricity consumption behavior and spending patterns among mini-grid and solar home system customers. Our analysis shows that, on average, mini-grid customers spend substantially less on electricity than solar home system customers and make smaller, more frequent payments during the month. We also find that higher monthly spending among mini-grid customers correlates with off-peak consumption and a higher load factor, contrary to the behavior of solar home system customers. Our results suggest the need for policies that encourage the growth of productive uses of energy that are innovative, diverse, and daytime-oriented to ensure sustainable mini-grid operation, as well as policies that establish a larger market for solar home system-compatible electric appliances that incentivize solar home system customers to increase utilization of their systems.
英文关键词	Solar home system; Mini-grid; Electricity consumption patterns; Electricity access
学科领域	Economics; Energy & Fuels; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS记录号	WOS:000908671400002
来源期刊	ENERGY POLICY
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/272219
作者单位	University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Amherst; University of Houston System; University of Houston; Johns Hopkins University; University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Amherst
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lukuyu, June,Shiran, Myriam,Kennedy, Ryan,et al. Purchasing power: Examining customer profiles and patterns for decentralized electricity systems in East Africa[J],2023,172:12.
APA	Lukuyu, June,Shiran, Myriam,Kennedy, Ryan,Urpelainen, Johannes,&Taneja, Jay.(2023).Purchasing power: Examining customer profiles and patterns for decentralized electricity systems in East Africa.ENERGY POLICY,172,12.
MLA	Lukuyu, June,et al."Purchasing power: Examining customer profiles and patterns for decentralized electricity systems in East Africa".ENERGY POLICY 172(2023):12.