Publication: Empowering Rural India - Expanding Electricity Access by Mobilizing Local Resources
Date
2010-01
ISSN
Published
2010-01
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This document intends to facilitate
further discussion of the necessary steps to implement and
institutionalize the proposed business models and to
introduce the necessary policy and regulatory changes. The
remainder of the report is presented in four chapters.
Chapter two presents the options available to the utility to
address the issue of making electricity accessible to rural
areas. It further develops the economic framework for
identifying markets that are attractive to distributed
generation and supply (DG&S) and the financial
mechanisms for ensuring that the model becomes commercially
viable for investors as well as utilities. The financial
analysis has been undertaken based on the primary and
secondary data collected from selected districts in the
states of Maharashtra and Haryana. Chapter three summarizes
the national and international precedents for enhancing
electricity access though various models that involve
distributed generation in off-grid or grid-connected mode
private-sector participation in the form of franchisees.
Chapter four describes the framework for implementing the
DG&S model described in chapter one. It explains how the
model will work and discusses such issues as selecting a
DG&S operator and the position's relevant
responsibilities, aggregated net metering, bulk supply
tariff, capital investment, the need for viability gap
funding, and the possible mechanisms to provide for this
gap. Chapter five summarizes actions necessary for the
DG&S model to be implemented successfully.
Citation
“World Bank. 2010. Empowering Rural India - Expanding Electricity Access by Mobilizing Local Resources. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/56219cc4-c39d-531d-bb97-63777a59e465 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”