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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111381
论文题名:
Determination of the lifeline electricity tariff for Lesotho
作者: Mpholo M.; Mothala M.; Mohasoa L.; Eager D.; Thamae R.; Molapo T.; Jardine T.
刊名: Energy Policy
ISSN: 03014215
出版年: 2020
卷: 140
语种: 英语
中文关键词: Electricity affordability ; Electricity consumption ; Electricity lifeline tariff ; Increasing block tariff ; Lesotho
英文关键词: Depreciation ; Developing countries ; Electric power generation ; Electricity companies ; Electricity tariff ; Electricity-consumption ; Household Consumption ; Increasing block tariff ; Lesotho ; Low income countries ; Threshold capacity ; Energy efficiency ; developing world ; electricity generation ; energy market ; household energy ; price dynamics ; tariff structure ; Lesotho
英文摘要: Lesotho has a poverty rate above 50%, this renders a bulk of households connected to the grid unable to purchase enough energy to cover the essential basic needs at the current tariffs. This is supported by the declining average household consumption reported by Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) despite an increasing customer base. Even more crucial, for low income countries, tariff levels should balance social stability, affordability, fairness, energy efficiency as well as cost recovery especially because the poor make up the majority of the population. Based on the poverty line, a lifeline tariff of 0.5 to 0.6 Maloti(M)/kWh (2017 tariffs) for a threshold of up to 30 kWh/month is proposed which is 35%–42% lower than the current domestic tariff of 1.424 M/kWh. The standard domestic tariff will need to increase to 1.856 M/kWh to allow for cross-subsidisation and hence maintain the financial standing of the utility company. The threshold capacity is based on the observation that in 2016, around 30% of grid connected households consumed less than 30 kWh/month which is enough electricity to cover the basic needs of an average household. Hence, an increasing block tariff (IBT) approach is proposed such that the first 30 kWh/month are set at a lifeline tariff and any excess is charged at a standard rate which is set such that it cross-subsidises the lifeline tariff. © 2020
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/167370
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作者单位: Energy Research Centre (ERC), National University of Lesotho, Roma 180, Lesotho; Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM), University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States; Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC), 53 Moshoeshoe Road, Industrial Area, Maseru, Lesotho; Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables (Europe) Exchange Place, 5 Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL, United Kingdom; Department of Economics, National University of Lesotho, Roma 180, Lesotho; Energy Market and Regulatory Consultants (EMRC), Suite 3.23, Regus, 83 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2ER, United Kingdom

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Mpholo M.,Mothala M.,Mohasoa L.,et al. Determination of the lifeline electricity tariff for Lesotho[J]. Energy Policy,2020-01-01,140
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