Power distribution in developing countries — Planning for effectiveness and equity

Adi S. Sarid, Peter W. Glynn and Michal Tzur

Omega, 2024, vol. 123, issue C

Abstract: Power grid expansion planning is a challenging problem that typically considers the facility location, sizing, and transmission line upgrade aspects, with the objective of minimizing the upgrade and operational costs. The consideration of fairness and equity between the populations being served by the power grid has not been addressed previously in the literature. These issues are of special interest regarding the power grid infrastructure in developing countries, where certain populations might be “last in line” to be connected to the grid. In this paper, we develop a power grid expansion optimization model that considers both effectiveness and equity, given a budget constraint on upgrade expenditure. Effectiveness is measured by the deprivation costs of all populations served by the power grid, while equity is measured by their Gini mean absolute difference. Node upgrade rules are applied, and the upgrade plan is provided over a given planning horizon.

Keywords: Equity; Deprivation cost; Power grids; Humanitarian logistics; Generation and transmission expansion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2023.102976

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