An assessment of household electricity load curves and corresponding CO2 marginal abatement cost curves for Gujarat state, India

Amit Garg, P.R. Shukla, Jyoti Maheshwari and Jigeesha Upadhyay

Energy Policy, 2014, vol. 66, issue C, 568-584

Abstract: Gujarat, a large industrialized state in India, consumed 67TWh of electricity in 2009–10, besides experiencing a 4.5% demand–supply short-fall. Residential sector accounted for 15% of the total electricity consumption. We conducted load research survey across 21 cities and towns of the state to estimate residential electricity load curves, share of appliances by type and usage patterns for all types of household appliances at utility, geographic, appliance, income and end-use levels. The results indicate that a large scope exists for penetration of energy efficient devices in residential sector. Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC) curves for electricity and CO2 were generated to analyze relative attractiveness of energy efficient appliance options. Results indicate that up to 7.9TWh of electricity can be saved per year with 6.7Mt-CO2 emissions mitigation at negative or very low CO2 prices of US$ 10/t-CO2. Despite such options existing, their penetration is not realized due to myriad barriers such as financial, institutional or awareness and therefore cannot be taken as baseline options for CO2 emission mitigation regimes.

Keywords: Load research; Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC); CO2 mitigation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.10.068

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