Infrastructure

Electricity

Down to the Wire: Leveraging Technology to Improve Electric Utility Cost Recovery

We study the effects of a technical intervention in Karachi, Pakistan -- converting bare distribution wires to aerial bundled cables (ABCs) -- that was intended to prevent illegal …

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Energy Transition

Bridge or Barrier to Net Zero? Gas Infrastructure Expansion and the Cost of Electrification

This paper investigates the potential cost of natural gas expansion when electrification is a long-term goal. I provide empirical evidence that natural gas expansion shifts …

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Zhenxuan Wang
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Electricity

Impacts of Electricity Quality Improvements: Experimental Evidence on Infrastructure Investments

Hundreds of millions of households depend on electricity grid connections providing low quality and unreliable services. Understanding the impacts of and consumer response to …

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