PHOTO BY ELWILLYBOBBY 2014

BOTTOM-UP PLANNING TO

PROMOTE ELECTRICITY ACCESS IN

INDIA: A STATE LEVEL ANALYSIS

June 8, 2016 | ACEF 2016, Manila

Amala Devi, WRI India

PLANNING FOR ACCESS IN INDIA

NATIONAL LEVEL

Rural electrification programs

STATE LEVEL

Utility’s annual plans

LOCAL LEVEL

Part of Utility’s annual plans

A SUPPLEMENTARY APPROACH

Demand Supply

Base year and historical data

Base year and historical data

By end-use

By levels of disaggregation

based on geography,

admin structures

By supply source

Merit order for dispatch

Baseline scenarios

Alternate scenarios Long-term impact

of policy goals

PROCESS

• START WITH DEMAND

• PLAN SUPPLY TO MEET DEMAND

• ENSURE INTEGRATION AT VARIOUS

LEVELS

1. START WITH DEMAND

• Capture unmet

demand

• Disaggregated, sector-

by-sector end-use

analysis

2. PLAN SUPPLY TO MEET DEMAND

• Integrate renewable

energy options into

mainstream planning

• Primary focus on

meeting demand;

investment targets to

follow

3. ENSURE INTEGRATION AT VARIOUS LEVELS

• Local end-use

electricity demand

State electricity plans

National electricity

plans

• Policies targeted at,

informed by end-use

electricity demand

• Assumptions

transparent, less

locked-in

THANK YOU!

PHOTO BY PREMSAGAR 2006