Divide and Prosper? Impacts of power-distribution feeder separation on household energy-use, irrigation, and crop production

Sumeet Patil, Nandish Kenia and Herath Gunatilake

Energy Policy, 2021, vol. 156, issue C

Abstract: Subsidized access to electricity is important to meet increasing demand for irrigation and reducing reliance on dirtier diesel pumps. Feeder Separation (FS) is an engineering-solution which can ration supply to farmers, curtail power theft, and upgrade the power-grid network. However, limited evidence exists if and how FS actually benefits farmers, other consumers, and the environment.

Keywords: Feeder separation; Diesel pumps; Grid-power; Crop yield; Impact evaluation; Groundwater; Climate; Environment; Irrigation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112427

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