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Prepaid electricity and in-home displays: an alternative for the most vulnerable households in Colombia
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Cardona, Mateo
Gallego Acevedo, Juan Miguel
García, John Jairo
Franco, Jamer Arturo
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2020-06-01
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Universidad del Rosario
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Exploiting the implementation of a Prepaid Electricity Program in the region of Antioquia (Colombia), we estimate the impact that switching to a prepaid program has on users’ energy consumption behavior. In particular, we focus the analysis on those that are more vulnerable from a socio-economic perspective. The results show that the new metering scheme and the information provision is associated with a decline in electricity consumption.This scheme allow users to improve their consumption paths, while their access to public electricity services is guaranteed, minimizing disconnection risks and the associated costs.
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Prepaid electricity , Energy consumption , User behavior , Socioeconomic vulnerability , Metering scheme , Consumption reduction , Public services
