Investigation of net metering as a tool for increasing electricity access in Malawi

Paul Brown Stone Macheso; Sylvester Richard Chikabvumbwa; Davis Sibale; Lackson Chisanu; Sylvester William Chisale

doi:10.1504/ijret.2022.10041830

Investigation of net metering as a tool for increasing electricity access in Malawi

International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology ◽

10.1504/ijret.2022.10041830 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Paul Brown Stone Macheso ◽

Sylvester Richard Chikabvumbwa ◽

Davis Sibale ◽

Lackson Chisanu ◽

Sylvester William Chisale

Keyword(s):

Net Metering ◽

Electricity Access

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Investigation of net metering as a tool for increasing electricity access in developing countries

2017 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC) ◽

10.1109/epec.2017.8286187 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chukwuma Leonard Azimoh ◽

Oliver Dzobo ◽

Charles Mbohwa

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Net Metering ◽

Electricity Access

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Investigation of net metering as a tool for increasing electricity access in Malawi

International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology ◽

10.1504/ijret.2022.120334 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 66

Author(s):

Sylvester William Chisale ◽

Lackson Chisanu ◽

Paul Stone Brown Macheso ◽

Sylvester Richard Chikabvumbwa ◽

Davis Sibale

Keyword(s):

Net Metering ◽

Electricity Access

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Improving Electricity Access through Policy Reform

10.1093/oso/9780198819837.003.0017 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Sam Amadi

Keyword(s):

Policy Reform ◽

Social Needs ◽

Private Capital ◽

Power Sector ◽

Legal Regime ◽

Sector Reform ◽

State Institutions ◽

Reform Programme ◽

Electricity Access ◽

Improve Reliability

In Nigeria, an estimated 170 million people depend on less than 4,000 megawatts of electricity from the grid for economic and social needs. Since 2000 the country has embarked on an ambitious power sector reform programme, the main objective of which is to ensure adequate, available, and reliable electricity. The power sector reform adopts a neo-liberal development model that is based on the triple strategy of liberalization, commercialization, and privatization. This strategy has relied heavily on the reform of the existing legal regime of state institutions so as to attract foreign private capital to increase capacity, expand connection, and improve reliability. This chapter reviews the incompletely theorized neo-liberal assumptions in the reform policies and shows how these assumptions have undermined the efficacy of legal reform in the electricity industry and resulted in failed expectation.

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