Universalization of access to modern energy services in Indian households—Economic and policy analysis

Provision of modern energy services for cooking (with gaseous fuels) and lighting (with electricity) is an essential component of any policy aiming to address health, education or welfare issues; yet it gets little attention from policy-makers. Secure, adequate, low-cost energy of quality and conven...

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Published in:Energy policy 2009-11, Vol.37 (11), p.4645-4657
Main Authors: Reddy, B. Sudhakara, Balachandra, P., Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access
Access Entrepreneurship Energy services
Applied sciences
Business models
Cost
Economic data
Economic policy
Electricity generation
Energy
Energy consumption
Energy economics
Energy policy
Energy sector
Energy services
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Exact sciences and technology
Fuel
General, economic and professional studies
Household economics
Households
India
Lighting
Natural energy
Non-governmental organizations
Policy analysis
Political economy
Public private partnerships
Public services
Service industry
Stakeholder
Studies
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Summary:Provision of modern energy services for cooking (with gaseous fuels) and lighting (with electricity) is an essential component of any policy aiming to address health, education or welfare issues; yet it gets little attention from policy-makers. Secure, adequate, low-cost energy of quality and convenience is core to the delivery of these services. The present study analyses the energy consumption pattern of Indian domestic sector and examines the urban–rural divide and income energy linkage. A comprehensive analysis is done to estimate the cost for providing modern energy services to everyone by 2030. A public–private partnership-driven business model, with entrepreneurship at the core, is developed with institutional, financing and pricing mechanisms for diffusion of energy services. This approach, termed as EMPOWERS (entrepreneurship model for provision of wholesome energy-related basic services), if adopted, can facilitate large-scale dissemination of energy-efficient and renewable technologies like small-scale biogas/biofuel plants, and distributed power generation technologies to provide clean, safe, reliable and sustainable energy to rural households and urban poor. It is expected to integrate the processes of market transformation and entrepreneurship development involving government, NGOs, financial institutions and community groups as stakeholders.
ISSN:0301-4215
1873-6777
DOI:10.1016/j.enpol.2009.06.021