Lighting Rural India : Experience of Rural Load Segregation Schemes in States
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This paper summarizes the findings of a
study in rural load segregation for lighting rural India.
The study focused on (i) analyzing differences in approach
to rural feeder segregation across states, (ii) assessing
the financial viability of the schemes, (iii) evaluating
socio economic benefits in rural areas through primary
survey, and (iv) developing a guidance note for a national
action plan on rural load segregation. Traditionally, power
supply to agriculture in India has been heavily subsidized
since irrigated agriculture was at the heart of the Green
Revolution. The magnitude of the power subsidy for the
agricultural sector in some states is twice the budgetary
annual spending on health or rural development. It is in
this context that several states in India have undertaken
programs of rural feeder segregation which involve
separation of rural non-agricultural and agricultural
consumers by connecting them to separate feeders, thereby
physically separating paid and nominally-paid loads. The two
key findings of the study are (i) a one size fits all
approach will not work across states given wide variety in
local context and challenges, and (ii) all feeder
segregation proposals should be evaluated as part of a
larger strategic rural power supply improvement program.
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ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCOUNT, ACCOUNTING, ACCOUNTS, ACQUISITION, ADVERSE IMPACTS, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURE, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROGRAM, AMOUNT OF POWER, APPROACH, AUDITED ACCOUNTS, AUDITS, AVAILABILITY, AVERAGE COST OF SUPPLY, BALANCE, BASE YEAR, BILLING, BILLS, BUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIO, CIRCUIT BREAKERS, COLLECTION SYSTEM, CONSUMERS, CONSUMPTION OF POWER, COST BENEFIT, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, COST ESTIMATES, CUSTOMER SERVICE, DECISION MAKING, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, DIESEL, DIESEL GENERATORS, DISTRIBUTION LOSSES, DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, DOMESTIC LIGHTING, ECONOMIC BENEFITS, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, ELECTRICITY TARIFFS, ENERGY AUDIT, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY INPUT, ENERGY USAGE, EXPENDITURE, FOSSIL, FOSSIL FUEL, FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION, FUEL ·QUALITY, GDP, GENERATION, GENERATION CAPACITY, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH RATE, INCOME, LOAD FACTOR, OVERHEAD, PEAK DEMAND, PEAK LOAD, PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY, POWER, POWER CONSUMPTION, POWER DISTRIBUTION, POWER GENERATION, POWER SECTOR, POWER SYSTEM, PROCUREMENT, QUALITY ASSURANCE, RELIABILITY OF SUPPLY, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, SALES, UTILITIES, VOLTAGE