2020 Report - ELECTRICITY ACCESS

As we take stock of the first year of GCEEP activities and chart a course for the Commission’s next phase, we are even more firmly convinced that ending energy poverty, in broad alignment with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #7, which calls for universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy by 2030, is the necessary prerequisite to eradicating poverty itself.

This report was prepared by the MIT research team with support from the Rockefeller Foundation and extensive feedback, engagement, and guidance from the Commission.

WORKING PAPERS

The following MIT Energy Initiative Working Papers are provided to further support and expand on the technical issues discussed in the main report.

• Electricity Distribution Concessions In Odisha

• The Electricity Access Index Methodology and Preliminary Findings

• A business plan to achieve full electrification in Rwanda under the Integrated Distribution Framework (IDF)

• Assessing the potential of electrification concessions for universal energy access: Towards integrated distribution frameworks

• How is the distribution sector in low-access countries attracting private sector participation and capital?

• Integrated Distribution Framework: Guiding principles for universal electricity access

• Towards actionable electrification frameworks: Reassessing the role of standalone solar

• Integrating isolated mini-grids with an IDF-compliant regulated distribution sector: A long-term perspective towards universal electricity access

• Proposal to achieve universal electricity access in Colombian rural isolated communities

• On transmission cost allocation in the West African Power Pool (WAPP): The case of the OMVG transmission project

• Reaching universal energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa: The promises of pay-as-you-go business models under comprehensive electrification planning

• Stand-alone solar systems in India: Emerging lessons

• Abuja Electric’s Proposed Sub-Franchising Model: DESSA

• Towards actionable electrification frameworks: Mini-grids under the grid

• Integrated electrification planning

• Reaching universal energy access in Morocco: A successful experience in solar concessions