Barnes, DouglasBanerjee, Sudeshna GhoshSingh, BipulMayer, KristySamad, Hussain2014-11-122014-11-122015978-1-4648-0341-3https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20525India has led the developing world in addressing rural energy problems. By late 2012, the national electricity grid had reached 92 percent of India s rural villages, about 880 million people. In more remote areas and those with geographically difficult terrain, where grid extension is not economically viable, off-grid solutions using renewable-energy sources for electricity generation and distribution have been promoted. The positive results of the country s rural energy policies and institutions have contributed greatly to reducing the number of people globally who remain without electricity access. Yet, owing mainly to its large population, India has by far the world s largest number of households without electricity. More than one-quarter of its population or about 311 million people, the vast majority of whom live in poorer rural areas, still lack an electricity connection; less than half of all households in the poorest income group have electricity. Among households with electricity service, hundreds of millions lack reliable power supply.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO MODERN ENERGYACCESS TO QUALITY ENERGYAIR POLLUTIONALTERNATIVE ENERGYALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROGRAMALTERNATIVE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIESALTERNATIVE FUELSAPPROACHAVAILABILITYBALANCEBARRIERS TO ADOPTIONBENEFITS OF ELECTRIFICATIONCHARGES FOR ELECTRICITYCOMMERCIAL ENTERPRISESCONNECTED HOUSEHOLDSDELIVERY OF ENERGY SERVICESDISTRIBUTION COMPANIESDISTRIBUTION SYSTEMDISTRIBUTION SYSTEMSDISTRIBUTION UTILITIESELECTRIC BILLSELECTRIC LIGHTELECTRIC LIGHTINGELECTRIC POWERELECTRICAL GRIDELECTRICITYELECTRICITY ACCESSELECTRICITY ACTELECTRICITY BENEFITSELECTRICITY BILLELECTRICITY COMPANYELECTRICITY CONNECTIONSELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY COVERAGEELECTRICITY DELIVERYELECTRICITY DEMANDELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTIONELECTRICITY EXPERIENCEELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY GRIDELECTRICITY GRIDSELECTRICITY INDUSTRYELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTUREELECTRICITY POLICYELECTRICITY PRICEELECTRICITY PRICESELECTRICITY PRICINGELECTRICITY RATESELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SERVICEELECTRICITY SPENDINGELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY SYSTEMSELECTRICITY TARIFFSELECTRICITY USEELECTRICITY USERSELECTRIFICATIONELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMSELECTRIFICATION PROJECTENERGY ACCESSENERGY EXPENDITURESENERGY POLICIESENERGY PROJECTSENERGY SECTOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCEENERGY SERVICESENERGY SOURCESGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATORSGRID CONNECTIONSGRID ELECTRICITYGRID ELECTRIFICATIONGRID EXPANSIONGRID EXTENSIONGRID POWERGRID SOLUTIONSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHOUSEHOLD ACCESSHOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONSHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD ENERGYINCOMEINTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCYKEROSENEKEROSENE LAMPSKEROSENE LIGHTINGKEROSENE USEKEROSENE WICKKILOWATT HOURKILOWATT-HOURKILOWATT-HOUR OF ELECTRICITYLIGHTSLOCAL ELECTRICITYMODERN ENERGY SERVICESMONTHLY BILLSMONTHLY CONSUMPTIONPEOPLE WITHOUT ELECTRICITYPOWERPOWER CONSUMPTIONPOWER LINESPOWER SECTORQUALITY ENERGYQUALITY OF POWER SUPPLYRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENTRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL CONSUMERSRURAL ELECTRICITYRURAL ELECTRIFICATIONRURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMRURAL ENERGYRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL POPULATIONSSOLAR HOME SYSTEMSOLAR HOME SYSTEMSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE ENERGYTARIFF LEVELSTELEVISIONURBAN POPULATIONUSE OF ELECTRICITYUTILITIESUTILITY INVESTMENTSUTILITY REVENUESVILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION10.1596/978-1-4648-0341-3