Assessing reliability of electricity grid services from space: the case of Uttar Pradesh, India

• Published in: IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc
• Main Authors: Dugoua, Eugenie, Kennedy, Ryan, Shiran, Myriam, Urpelainen, Johannes
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Electricity distribution; India

While most households around the world have access to electricity, the number of hours per day when the grid supplies them with adequate voltage can be low. Improving the reliability of electricity is crucial to make progress on energy poverty but measuring and monitoring it is difficult, especially...