Electrification financing and tariffs: international literature review
| dc.contributor.author | Eberhard, Anton | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mountain, Bruce | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pickering, Mark | |
| dc.contributor.author | van Horen, Clive | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-12T07:21:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-12T07:21:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1993 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-11-24T10:55:11Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This report was commissioned by the National Electrification Forum (NELF}. It is a review of international experience in electricity pricing, funding and financial management. The purpose of the report is to assess how these issues have affected electrification programmes in developing countries and to draw conclusions which will assist NELF in establishing appropriate electricity pricing and financing policies for South Africa. A successful electrification programme which enables widened access to electricity is ultimately dependent on the creation and maintenance of a financially viable electricity distribution industry. Financial viability is, in tum, crucially dependent on appropriate pricing and financing policies and financial management practices. The report is based on an extensive review of international literature. The review of electricity pricing commences with a discussion on pricing policies, the principles of economic efficiency and marginal cost-based prices. Some of the difficulties of this approach are highlighted, and additional, often more pressing, pricing objectives are noted, including the imperative of prices which will allow financial viability and prices which will achieve greater equity. Actual practice in developing countries is then examined with regard to tariff levels and structures. Tariff levels are compared with long run marginal costs, generally being much lower in developing countries. The tariff structures discussed include inclining block, single flat rate, two-part, unmetered and time-of-use tariffs. The question of subsidies is raised as well as the problems of implementing equitable life-line tariffs. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Eberhard, A., Mountain, B., Pickering, M., & van Horen, C. (1993). <i>Electrification financing and tariffs: international literature review</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy for Development Research Centre. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22673 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Eberhard, Anton, Bruce Mountain, Mark Pickering, and Clive van Horen <i>Electrification financing and tariffs: international literature review.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy for Development Research Centre, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22673 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Eberhard, A. A., Mountain, B. Pickering, M., Van Horen, C. (1993). Electrification financing and tariffs: international literature review. Energy for Development Research Centre. University of Cape Town. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Report AU - Eberhard, Anton AU - Mountain, Bruce AU - Pickering, Mark AU - van Horen, Clive AB - This report was commissioned by the National Electrification Forum (NELF}. It is a review of international experience in electricity pricing, funding and financial management. The purpose of the report is to assess how these issues have affected electrification programmes in developing countries and to draw conclusions which will assist NELF in establishing appropriate electricity pricing and financing policies for South Africa. A successful electrification programme which enables widened access to electricity is ultimately dependent on the creation and maintenance of a financially viable electricity distribution industry. Financial viability is, in tum, crucially dependent on appropriate pricing and financing policies and financial management practices. The report is based on an extensive review of international literature. The review of electricity pricing commences with a discussion on pricing policies, the principles of economic efficiency and marginal cost-based prices. Some of the difficulties of this approach are highlighted, and additional, often more pressing, pricing objectives are noted, including the imperative of prices which will allow financial viability and prices which will achieve greater equity. Actual practice in developing countries is then examined with regard to tariff levels and structures. Tariff levels are compared with long run marginal costs, generally being much lower in developing countries. The tariff structures discussed include inclining block, single flat rate, two-part, unmetered and time-of-use tariffs. The question of subsidies is raised as well as the problems of implementing equitable life-line tariffs. DA - 1993 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1993 T1 - Electrification financing and tariffs: international literature review TI - Electrification financing and tariffs: international literature review UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22673 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22673 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Eberhard A, Mountain B, Pickering M, van Horen C. Electrification financing and tariffs: international literature review. 1993 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22673 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Energy for Development Research Centre | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject.other | Electrification | |
| dc.subject.other | Energy policy | |
| dc.title | Electrification financing and tariffs: international literature review | |
| dc.type | Report | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Technical Report | en_ZA |