TY - JOUR
T1 - Prepaid electricity and in-home displays
T2 - An alternative for the most vulnerable households in Colombia
AU - Cardona, Mateo
AU - Gallego, Juan Miguel
AU - García, John Jairo
AU - Franco, Jamer Arturo
N1 - Funding Information:
This research has been developed in the framework of the Colombia Científica-“Alianza EFI” Research Program, with code 60185 and contract # FP44842-220-2018, and the Colombia Científica-“ENERGÉTICA 2030” Research Program, with code 58864, both funded by The World Bank through the call Scientific Ecosystems, managed by the Colombian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation . We also thank Empresas Públicas de Medellín for providing us with the data.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Exploiting the implementation of a Prepaid Electricity Program in the region of Antioquia (Colombia), we estimate the impact that switching to a prepaid program has on users’ energy consumption behavior. In particular, we focus the analysis on those that are more vulnerable from a socio-economic perspective. The results show that the new metering scheme and the information provision is associated with a decline in electricity consumption.This scheme allow users to improve their consumption paths, while their access to public electricity services is guaranteed, minimizing disconnection risks and the associated costs.
AB - Exploiting the implementation of a Prepaid Electricity Program in the region of Antioquia (Colombia), we estimate the impact that switching to a prepaid program has on users’ energy consumption behavior. In particular, we focus the analysis on those that are more vulnerable from a socio-economic perspective. The results show that the new metering scheme and the information provision is associated with a decline in electricity consumption.This scheme allow users to improve their consumption paths, while their access to public electricity services is guaranteed, minimizing disconnection risks and the associated costs.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tej.2020.106824
DO - 10.1016/j.tej.2020.106824
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089742882
SN - 1040-6190
VL - 33
JO - Electricity Journal
JF - Electricity Journal
IS - 8
M1 - 106824
ER -
