Electricity security in Uganda: Measurement and policy priorities

IF 3.8 3区经济学 Q3 ENERGY & FUELS

Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2024-10-14 DOI:10.1016/j.jup.2024.101844

Benard M. Wabukala , Olvar Bergland , Nicholas Mukisa , Muyiwa S. Adaramola , Susan Watundu , Laura A. Orobia , Nichodemus Rudaheranwa

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Abstract

Reliable, accessible, affordable, and sustainable electricity systems are fundamental to modern and progressive economies. For developing societies, particularly those with fragile power generation capabilities and electricity networks, the electricity security metrics are incomparable and remain untested. A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) method that follows an entropy-based weighting system is employed to quantitatively evaluate and construct an Electricity Security Index (ESI) for Uganda. Results reveal that Uganda is “moderately” electricity secure. Out of the maximum possible score of 100, a year-on-year analysis indicates that the ESI score was highest in 2007 (56) and the lowest was registered in 2015 (39). Based on the VIKOR technique, it is observed that electricity reliability contributes the most to the ESI, while electricity access contributes the least. Although expansion of electricity generation capacity is necessary, energy policies should, in equal measure, prioritize adequate investments in robust and modern transmission and distribution infrastructure. A riveting policy implication is that governance quality enhances a country's electricity system by reinforcing the other dimensions of electricity security.

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乌干达的电力安全：衡量和政策优先事项

可靠、方便、可负担和可持续的电力系统是现代和进步经济体的基础。对于发展中社会，尤其是那些发电能力和电网脆弱的社会，电力安全指标是无法比拟的，也是未经检验的。采用基于熵权系统的多标准决策（MCDM）方法，对乌干达的电力安全指数（ESI）进行了定量评估和构建。结果显示，乌干达的电力安全程度为 "中等"。在最高可能得分 100 分中，逐年分析表明，2007 年的 ESI 得分最高（56 分），2015 年最低（39 分）。根据 VIKOR 技术，可以看出电力可靠性对 ESI 的贡献最大，而电力供应对 ESI 的贡献最小。虽然扩大发电能力是必要的，但能源政策也应同样优先考虑对强大的现代化输配电基础设施进行适当投资。一个引人入胜的政策含义是，治理质量可以通过加强电力安全的其他方面来增强一个国家的电力系统。

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Utilities Policy ENERGY & FUELS-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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6.80

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66 days

期刊介绍： Utilities Policy is deliberately international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral. Articles address utility trends and issues in both developed and developing economies. Authors and reviewers come from various disciplines, including economics, political science, sociology, law, finance, accounting, management, and engineering. Areas of focus include the utility and network industries providing essential electricity, natural gas, water and wastewater, solid waste, communications, broadband, postal, and public transportation services. Utilities Policy invites submissions that apply various quantitative and qualitative methods. Contributions are welcome from both established and emerging scholars as well as accomplished practitioners. Interdisciplinary, comparative, and applied works are encouraged. Submissions to the journal should have a clear focus on governance, performance, and/or analysis of public utilities with an aim toward informing the policymaking process and providing recommendations as appropriate. Relevant topics and issues include but are not limited to industry structures and ownership, market design and dynamics, economic development, resource planning, system modeling, accounting and finance, infrastructure investment, supply and demand efficiency, strategic management and productivity, network operations and integration, supply chains, adaptation and flexibility, service-quality standards, benchmarking and metrics, benefit-cost analysis, behavior and incentives, pricing and demand response, economic and environmental regulation, regulatory performance and impact, restructuring and deregulation, and policy institutions.