Planning With Justice - Using Spatial Modelling to Incorporate Justice in Electricity Pricing
A case study for Tanzania
On November 22nd, professor
Hisham Zerriffi
from
UBC
presented a methodology to incorporate equity and justice in quantitative electrification planning at the
2019 Informs Annual Meeting
. Diversification of electricity through expansion of off-grid or mini-grid solutions poses challenges for both affordability and fairness. The study examines cost-recovery price levels based on justice principles and location-specific subsidies for the case of Tanzania. The study draws on the Open Source Spatial Electrification Tool (
OnSSET
) and was led by
Vikas Menghawi
in collaboration with researchers from
and
World Resources Institute
.
More information available
here
.