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Whose Power Gets Cut?: Using High-Frequency Satellite Images to Measure Power Supply Irregularity

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dc.contributor.authorMin, Brian
dc.contributor.authorO'Keeffe, Zachary
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Fan
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-19T16:08:10Z
dc.date.available2017-07-19T16:08:10Z
dc.date.issued2017-06
dc.description.abstractIn many parts of the developing world, access to electricity is uneven and inconsistent, characterized by frequent and long hours of power outages. Many countries now engage in systematic load shedding because of persistent power shortages. When and where electricity is provided can have important impacts on welfare and growth. But quantifying those impacts is difficult because utility-level data on power outages are rarely available and not always reliable. This paper introduces a new method of tracking power outages from outer space. This measure identifies outage-prone areas by detecting excess fluctuations in light outputs. To develop these measures, the study processed the complete historical archive of sub-orbital Defense Meteorological Satellite Program's Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) nighttime imagery captured over South Asia on every night since 1993. The analysis computes annual estimates of the Power Supply Irregularity index for all 600,000 villages in India from 1993 to 2013. The Power Supply Irregularity index measures are consistent with ground-based measures of power supply reliability from the Indian Human Development Survey, and with feeder-level outage data from one of the largest utilities in India. The study’s methods open new opportunities to study the determinants of power outages as well as their impacts on welfare.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/125911498758273922/Whose-power-gets-cut-using-high-frequency-satellite-images-to-measure-power-supply-irregularity
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8131
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/27634
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8131
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPOWER OUTAGES
dc.subjectLOAD SHEDDING
dc.subjectNIGHTTIME LIGHTS
dc.subjectREMOTE SENSING
dc.subjectPOWER IRREGULARITY
dc.titleWhose Power Gets Cut?en
dc.title.subtitleUsing High-Frequency Satellite Images to Measure Power Supply Irregularityen
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dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleWhose Power Gets Cut? Using High-Frequency Satellite Images to Measure Power Supply Irregularity
okr.date.disclosure2017-06-29
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/125911498758273922/Whose-power-gets-cut-using-high-frequency-satellite-images-to-measure-power-supply-irregularity
okr.guid125911498758273922
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8131
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b084d63efd_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum27688996
okr.identifier.reportWPS8131
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/125911498758273922/pdf/WPS8131.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
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okr.topicEnergy::Electric Power
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Policies & Economics
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Sector Regulation
okr.topicEnergy::Energy and Poverty Alleviation
okr.unitOffice of the Chief Economist, South Asia Region
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