Beyond free electricity: The costs of electric cooking in poor households and a market-friendly alternative

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3351-3358

  Howells, Mark ^a   Victor, David G ^b   Gaunt, Trevor ^a   Elias, Rebecca J ^b   Alfstad, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrification; LPG; Poverty

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ENERGY POLICY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

ELECTIFICATION; ELECTRIC COOKING; FREE BASIC ELECTRICITY;

ELECTRICITY;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 33747163235     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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