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- Title
Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reliability.
- Authors
Carranza, Eliana; Meeks, Robyn
- Abstract
Overloaded electrical systems are a major source of unreliable power. Using a randomized saturation design, we estimate the impact of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) on electricity reliability and household electricity consumption in the Kyrgyz Republic. Greater saturation of CFLs within a transformer leads to fewer outages, a technological externality benefiting all households, regardless of individual adoption. Spillovers in CFL adoption further reduce electricity consumption, contributing to increased reliability within a transformer. CFLs' impacts on household electricity consumption vary according to the effects on reliability. Receiving CFLs significantly reduces electricity consumption, but increased reliability permits greater consumption of electricity services.
- Subjects
KYRGYZSTAN; ENERGY consumption; ELECTRIC power consumption; COMPACT fluorescent light bulbs; CONSUMPTION (Economics); ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC power failures
- Publication
Review of Economics & Statistics, 2021, Vol 103, Issue 3, p461
- ISSN
0034-6535
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1162/rest_a_00912