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Responses of the Electricity Sector in 120 Economies to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorSaltane, Valentina
dc.contributor.authorEreshchenko, Viktoriya
dc.contributor.authorHovhannisyan, Shoghik
dc.contributor.authorMensah, Justice Tei
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-02T20:44:46Z
dc.date.available2022-08-02T20:44:46Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-28
dc.description.abstractThis brief provides descriptive evidence of the operational and policy responses of the electricity sector in 120 economies to the early stages of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In addition, to assess the intensity of operational and regulatory actions taken in response to the pandemic, the Brief proposes a COVID-19 electricity sector response measure. This measure comprises seven equally weighted variables that capture either utilities’ or utility regulators’ responses to the pandemic as well as domestic lockdown measures. Data show that most utilities continued issuing new electricity connections for businesses amid the pandemic. In most cases, utilities that continued issuing new electricity connections despite national lockdowns were able to do so due to well-established electronic and automated processes. In general, maintenance works and planned outages continued during the onset of the pandemic, although with some delays and exceptions. Increasingly, delayed electricity payments and defaults became more prevalent, especially among developing economies. Hence, numerous utilities modifed tariff and payment schedules to provide economic relief to clients.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099621506282225990/IDU026eb43420fd950429b0961e04953f83b17b1
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/37819
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37819
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Indicators Briefs;No. 8
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPOWER SECTOR
dc.subjectCOVID-19 ELECTRICITY SECTOR RESPONSE
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE
dc.subjectELECTRICITY TARIFFS
dc.subjectPOSTPONED ELECTRICITY PAYMENTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC RELIEF UTILITY
dc.titleResponses of the Electricity Sector in 120 Economies to the COVID-19 Pandemicen
dc.typeBriefen
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okr.date.disclosure2022-06-28
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T09:11:17.884226Z
okr.date.lastmodified2022-06-28T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099621506282225990/IDU026eb43420fd950429b0961e04953f83b17b1
okr.guid099621506282225990
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum33853939
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okr.identifier.report173112
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099621506282225990/pdf/IDU026eb43420fd950429b0961e04953f83b17b1.pdfen
okr.topicEnergy::Electric Power
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Policies & Economics
okr.topicEnergy::Energy and Economic Development
okr.topicEnergy::Energy and Poverty Alleviation
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.unitImpact Measurement (CDIIM)
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