Increasing Household Electrification Rates in rural Uttar Pradesh with Connection Campaigns
Brian Blankenship, Ryan Kennedy (Associate Professor from University of Houston), Johannes Urpelainen (Professor of Energy, Resources and Environment from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies) and Jason Chun (Assistant Professor from London School of Economics)
In this study, researchers were interested in testing whether an intervention to encourage households to set up legal electricity connections can make an impact on the total number of rural households with access to electricity. Morsel surveyed 10 households in 200 habitations in the Sitapur district and the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh.
The primary motivation of this project is to evaluate the capacity for social workers to encourage electrification as a method for meeting the government’s goal of 24×7 power to all households in UP. The electrification of villages in rural Uttar Pradesh has proceeded rapidly in recent years, but the level of consumption has remained well below the national average (India Ministry of Power, 2017).
Location: Bihar
