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Can developing countries benefit from innovative pricing in the power sector?

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This study explores electricity pricing as a demand‐side management (DSM) strategy, looking to the developed country experience for insights into the types of approaches currently used, their effects, and the direction in which electricity pricing is headed. The discussion should be especially useful for electric utilities in developing countries that are exploring alternatives to capacity expansion to meet current and future electric power demand. For these electric utilities, demand‐side options are especially important under today's conditions in which the capital cost of new generating capacity is increasing rapidly, international funds for expanding power sectors are not expected to be sufficient for meeting projected capacity needs and environmental concerns over fossil fuel emissions have raised new questions about constructing thermal power plants.

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  • Lawrence J. Hill, 1991. "Can developing countries benefit from innovative pricing in the power sector?," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 15(1), pages 15-25, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:natres:v:15:y:1991:i:1:p:15-25
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1991.tb00106.x
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