Publications
The two major universal substantive tasks of all economic regulators are setting maximum and minimum prices and minimum quality of service (technical and commercial) standards. The basic question for this session and any follow up AEI work is: how should these two universal regulatory tasks be performed to promote both grid and off-grid electrification? The often expressed goal is “light-handed” regulation but what specifically does this mean?
Africa Electrification Initiative Workshop
Session 2: Offgrid Business Models
Session 3: Hybrid Electrification Models
Session 4: Rural Electrification Agency and Rural Electrification Fund
Session 5: Grid Intensification, Innovation and Cost
Session 6: Offgrid Technology and Lighting Africa
Session 7: Can Master Plans Work?
Session 8: Pro Access Regulation
Session 9: Monitoring and Evaluation
Session 11: Financing and Subsidies for Utilities
Session 12: Financing (and subsidies) for Small Providers and Renewable Energy
Session 13: User Financing via Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) and Utility Bills
Session 14: Institutional and Financial Aspects of a Rural Electrification Experience: Tunisia
Session 15: An Energy Subsidy Clinic: How to Design and Improve Access Subsidies