Holdings: Rethinking Electricity Tariffs and Subsidies in Pakistan

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Rethinking Electricity Tariffs and Subsidies in Pakistan

Pakistan's electricity sector is in crisis: extended periods of blackouts persisted in 2010 and circular debt is increasing. Despite investments in generation capacity, electricity demand continues to exceed supply, with blackouts as long as 8...

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Main Authors:	Trimble, Chris, Yoshida, Nobuo, Saqib, Mohammad
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT APPROACH AVAILABILITY AVERAGE TARIFF BALANCE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BARRELS PER DAY BLOCK TARIFF CAPACITY FOR ELECTRICITY CASH TRANSFERS COAL COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS CONSERVATION CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COST OF ELECTRICITY COST OF SERVICE COST RECOVERY CRUDE OIL CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION CUSTOMER SERVICE DISCOS DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES DISTRIBUTION COMPANY DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DISTRIBUTION MARGIN DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY DOMESTIC GAS DOMESTIC NATURAL GAS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT EFFICIENT ALLOCATION ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY ELECTRIC SUPPLY ELECTRICAL POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY BILLS ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY MARKET ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY REFORMS ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TARIFFS ELECTRICITY USE EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY MIX ENERGY SECURITY ENERGY USE FISCAL DEFICIT FOSSIL FUELS FUEL COST FUEL PRICE FUEL PRICES GAS GAS FURNACE GAS PRICES GENERATING CAPACITY GENERATION CAPACITY GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP GOVERNMENT POLICY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSEHOLD CUSTOMERS HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION HYDROPOWER INCOME INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS KILOWATT HOUR LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LIVING STANDARDS LOWER COST OF PRODUCTION NATURAL GAS NOMINAL PRICES NUCLEAR POWER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OIL OIL CRISIS OIL EQUIVALENT OIL PRICE OIL PRICES OIL PRODUCTS OIL SUPPLIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POWER COMPANIES POWER COMPANY POWER CRISIS POWER GENERATION POWER PRODUCERS POWER PURCHASE PRICE POWER SECTOR POLICIES PRICE ADJUSTMENTS PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRICE INCREASES PRICE OF ELECTRICITY PRICE SIGNALS PRICE VOLATILITY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC UTILITIES QUANTITY OF ELECTRICITY REFINERIES RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS RESIDENTIAL USERS REVENUE COLLECTION SOURCE OF ENERGY SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY TARIFF ADJUSTMENTS TARIFF CHANGES TARIFF RATES TARIFF REFORM TARIFF REFORMS TARIFF SETTING TARIFF STRUCTURE THERMAL PLANTS THERMAL POWER THERMAL POWER GENERATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM UTILITIES POVERTY AND DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS PSIA DISTRIBUTIONAL ANALYSIS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/07/14928557/rethinking-electricity-tariffs-subsidies-pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19456

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/07/14928557/rethinking-electricity-tariffs-subsidies-pakistan
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19456