Pub Date : 2025-12-24DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102131
Ting Yue , Jing Zhou , Xianmin Shao , Ruyin Long , Chuchu Wan , Nikita Parfenov
This study examined waste reduction and energy-saving behaviors from the perspective of waste minimization, categorizing them into conservation, green purchasing, and recycling behaviors. Based on the attitude-behavior-context theory, this paper constructed a model of factors influencing waste minimization behavior, integrating policy interventions and residential psychological factors. Survey data from 915 representative residents in eastern China show that both economic incentive and information publicity policies positively impact waste reduction behavior, but their interaction generates negative synergy. The effectiveness of information publicity policies increases with residential outcome expectations. Policy implications are provided to reduce policy conflicts and promote waste minimization behavior.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-24DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102132
Maimuna Drammeh , Ravi Samikannu , Abid Yahya , Maruliya Begam Kadarmydeen , Kavitha R , Kanimozhi Gunasekaran , Meeradevi T , Gladys Gamariel
Remote communities often lack access to reliable electricity. This study investigates the feasibility of a microgrid system tailored for Kantong Kunda, a rural community in The Gambia. The community's current energy consumption and demand are determined through data collection using the Epicollect5 survey tool to characterize the local energy consumption and demand profile accurately. HOMER Pro software was employed to simulate and optimize hybrid microgrid configuration, prioritizing both cost-effectiveness and environmental sustainability. The proposed system integrates 79.8 kW of Solar Photovoltaic (SPV), a 60-kW diesel generator, 374 batteries, and a 22.8 kW converter. The optimized design yields a Net Present Cost (NPC) of $251,474.80 and a Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) of $0.08527/kWh, which is well below the region's grid electricity tariff. This configuration yields 16.1 % excess electricity, a 10.5 % Return on Investment (ROI), a 14.2 % Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and a 6.03-year payback period, while cutting total emissions by 133,981.4 kg compared to a diesel-only baseline. The work contributes a microgrid design designed for rural African communities, and the findings demonstrate that microgrids can deliver reliable, affordable, and low-carbon electricity through decentralized energy systems for remote communities.
{"title":"Optimal energy management system for a community microgrid: A case study from the Gambia","authors":"Maimuna Drammeh , Ravi Samikannu , Abid Yahya , Maruliya Begam Kadarmydeen , Kavitha R , Kanimozhi Gunasekaran , Meeradevi T , Gladys Gamariel","doi":"10.1016/j.jup.2025.102132","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jup.2025.102132","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Remote communities often lack access to reliable electricity. This study investigates the feasibility of a microgrid system tailored for Kantong Kunda, a rural community in The Gambia. The community's current energy consumption and demand are determined through data collection using the Epicollect5 survey tool to characterize the local energy consumption and demand profile accurately. HOMER Pro software was employed to simulate and optimize hybrid microgrid configuration, prioritizing both cost-effectiveness and environmental sustainability. The proposed system integrates 79.8 kW of Solar Photovoltaic (SPV), a 60-kW diesel generator, 374 batteries, and a 22.8 kW converter. The optimized design yields a Net Present Cost (NPC) of $251,474.80 and a Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) of $0.08527/kWh, which is well below the region's grid electricity tariff. This configuration yields 16.1 % excess electricity, a 10.5 % Return on Investment (ROI), a 14.2 % Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and a 6.03-year payback period, while cutting total emissions by 133,981.4 kg compared to a diesel-only baseline. The work contributes a microgrid design designed for rural African communities, and the findings demonstrate that microgrids can deliver reliable, affordable, and low-carbon electricity through decentralized energy systems for remote communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23554,"journal":{"name":"Utilities Policy","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 102132"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-24DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102136
Jose L. Lima-Reyna
This article analyzes how limited supply capacity affects competition in forward-contract auctions for divisible energy blocks. Using a theoretical model and data from Chile's advanced CfD auctions, it shows that promoting the entry of new bidders with similar supply capacities reduces prices more effectively than expanding the supply capacity of existing firms. The Chilean experience shows that new entrants—particularly renewable energy firms after the 2015 reform—also increased competition and lowered prices despite their smaller supply capacities. Their participation had an effect comparable to boosting incumbents' capacity, highlighting the importance of entry over mere supply expansion for improving auction outcomes.
{"title":"Competition in pay-as-bid auctions of divisible energy blocks: Theory and evidence from Chile","authors":"Jose L. Lima-Reyna","doi":"10.1016/j.jup.2025.102136","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jup.2025.102136","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article analyzes how limited supply capacity affects competition in forward-contract auctions for divisible energy blocks. Using a theoretical model and data from Chile's advanced CfD auctions, it shows that promoting the entry of new bidders with similar supply capacities reduces prices more effectively than expanding the supply capacity of existing firms. The Chilean experience shows that new entrants—particularly renewable energy firms after the 2015 reform—also increased competition and lowered prices despite their smaller supply capacities. Their participation had an effect comparable to boosting incumbents' capacity, highlighting the importance of entry over mere supply expansion for improving auction outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23554,"journal":{"name":"Utilities Policy","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 102136"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-21DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102028
César Y. Acevedo-Arenas , Julian E. Guerrero-Macias , Yecid A. Muñoz-Maldonado , Johan S. Amado-Alvarado , Johann F. Petit-Suárez
Achieving universal electricity access in rural areas remains a complex challenge in many developing countries, particularly for communities located within reach of existing distribution infrastructure but not yet connected. In such contexts, decision-makers must often choose between extending the main grid and deploying off-grid systems. This study presents a structured scoping review based on bibliographic sources, aimed at identifying how decision-making processes are supported in selection of rural electrificationstrategies, when both options are technically and economically viable.
Following the PRISMA-ScR guidelines, a multi-phase filtering strategy was applied to the Scopus database, covering literature published between 2013 and 2024. A total of 3780 documents were initially retrieved, from which 136 were selected for in-depth analysis. Data extraction, co-citation mapping, keyword clustering, and thematic coding were used to classify the literature into five decision-related domains: technology selection, network configuration, system optimisation, policy frameworks, and multi-criteria methodologies. The review identifies recurring methodological patterns and systematises the decision-making criteria most frequently applied in rural electrification planning. It highlights that current approaches often treat grid extension and off-grid alternatives within isolated frameworks, despite their coexistence in practical planning scenarios. The analysis reveals significant gaps in the integration of technical, economic, social, environmental and institutional dimensions, as well as in the use of unified indicators that enable meaningful comparisons. These findings emphasise the need for more comprehensive frameworks that reflect the complexity of electrification choices in grid-adjacent rural areas and support more consistent, evidence-based planning processes.
{"title":"Grid extension vs. off-grid systems in rural Areas: Methodologies, tools, and criteria for decision-making","authors":"César Y. Acevedo-Arenas , Julian E. Guerrero-Macias , Yecid A. Muñoz-Maldonado , Johan S. Amado-Alvarado , Johann F. Petit-Suárez","doi":"10.1016/j.jup.2025.102028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jup.2025.102028","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Achieving universal electricity access in rural areas remains a complex challenge in many developing countries, particularly for communities located within reach of existing distribution infrastructure but not yet connected. In such contexts, decision-makers must often choose between extending the main grid and deploying off-grid systems. This study presents a structured scoping review based on bibliographic sources, aimed at identifying how decision-making processes are supported in selection of rural electrificationstrategies, when both options are technically and economically viable.</div><div>Following the PRISMA-ScR guidelines, a multi-phase filtering strategy was applied to the Scopus database, covering literature published between 2013 and 2024. A total of 3780 documents were initially retrieved, from which 136 were selected for in-depth analysis. Data extraction, co-citation mapping, keyword clustering, and thematic coding were used to classify the literature into five decision-related domains: technology selection, network configuration, system optimisation, policy frameworks, and multi-criteria methodologies. The review identifies recurring methodological patterns and systematises the decision-making criteria most frequently applied in rural electrification planning. It highlights that current approaches often treat grid extension and off-grid alternatives within isolated frameworks, despite their coexistence in practical planning scenarios. The analysis reveals significant gaps in the integration of technical, economic, social, environmental and institutional dimensions, as well as in the use of unified indicators that enable meaningful comparisons. These findings emphasise the need for more comprehensive frameworks that reflect the complexity of electrification choices in grid-adjacent rural areas and support more consistent, evidence-based planning processes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23554,"journal":{"name":"Utilities Policy","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 102028"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-20DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102137
Fouad El Gohary
This policy note presents a case for shifting demand-side flexibility (DSF) policy from a market-based, individualist approach to a system-level, command-and-control framework. DSF could play a crucial role in maintaining grid stability, integrating variable renewable energy sources, and reducing infrastructure costs. The prevailing framework for fostering DSF overwhelmingly relies on price signals and assumes that consumers are rational, price-responsive agents who are both willing and able to optimize electricity use. Empirical evidence suggests that this approach has yielded limited results. The proposed model emphasizes centralized flexibility management, regulatory mandates, and automation to ensure reliability and scalability. Central to this model is the establishment of a Flexibility Coordinator responsible for two primary tasks: coordination—identifying system-wide grid needs, mapping users’ flexibility potential, and aligning these to generate an effective set of target measures; and execution—applying a set of targeted regulatory measures focused on mandating and “embedding” flexibility across the grid while minimizing user disruption and safeguarding comfort and preferences. These measures could include mandating automated demand-response functionality for residential heat pumps and EV chargers, requiring supermarkets to couple cooling loads with automated controls, and enforcing waste heat recovery in industrial processes. By adopting a more assertive and systematic approach, a range of flexibility measures—potentially imperceptible to users—can be effectively implemented, creating a more reliable, adaptable, and scalable DSF model that is essential for a successful energy transition.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-16DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102130
Cade Karrenberg , Eric Edwards , Emily Zechman Berglund
Time-of-use (TOU) tariffs charge higher prices for water used during designated peak periods, encouraging users to shift their water use to off-peak periods. Research in electricity markets has shown that TOU tariffs can have adverse effects on households with low incomes or who lack access to technology, raising equity concerns. This research assesses the differential impact of TOU tariffs on heterogeneous water users using an agent-based modeling (ABM) approach. The ABM is applied to a case study to simulate the response of a community of water users to TOU tariffs and assess the equity impacts of the household cost of water under various scenarios. Findings suggest households with characteristics consistent with disadvantaged groups, including lower incomes, high density, and limited access to technology, may experience an increase in water costs under TOU rates.
{"title":"Agent-based modeling to assess the effects of time-of-use water tariffs on social equity","authors":"Cade Karrenberg , Eric Edwards , Emily Zechman Berglund","doi":"10.1016/j.jup.2025.102130","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jup.2025.102130","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Time-of-use (TOU) tariffs charge higher prices for water used during designated peak periods, encouraging users to shift their water use to off-peak periods. Research in electricity markets has shown that TOU tariffs can have adverse effects on households with low incomes or who lack access to technology, raising equity concerns. This research assesses the differential impact of TOU tariffs on heterogeneous water users using an agent-based modeling (ABM) approach. The ABM is applied to a case study to simulate the response of a community of water users to TOU tariffs and assess the equity impacts of the household cost of water under various scenarios. Findings suggest households with characteristics consistent with disadvantaged groups, including lower incomes, high density, and limited access to technology, may experience an increase in water costs under TOU rates.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23554,"journal":{"name":"Utilities Policy","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 102130"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145790566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-16DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102135
Reza Hafezi , Zohreh Rahimirad , Ali Asghar Sadabadi , David A. Wood
Citizen participation is a key factor in the growth of renewable energy. This study explores how that participation might shape Iran's energy transition to 2040 by using a qualitative scenario method grounded in a matrix-based uncertainty analysis. A literature review and a focus group generated 51 potential drivers. A national panel (n = 61) rated each driver on importance and predictability (1–9), making it possible to identify key uncertainties and assumed trends. Findings show that social participation in renewable energy depends mainly on three uncertainties: (1) energy governance (centralized ↔ decentralized), (2) the energy-economy (cost-reflective pricing ↔ subsidized energy), and (3) infrastructure and asset ownership (citizen/co-ownership ↔ predominantly public). Based on the two most orthogonal axes, four internally consistent scenarios were developed. A follow-on policy panel (n = 21) stress-tested interventions, prioritizing nine policy levers. Economic and financial measures ranked highest, underlining that pricing reform and investment risk reduction are critical for achieving a socially accepted renewable energy transition. The study offers a transparent, reproducible pathway—from driver identification to scenario design and policy testing—tailored to Iran's context but adaptable to other settings facing similar uncertainties.
{"title":"Understanding the future dynamics of renewable energy social Acceptance: Scenarios for Iran","authors":"Reza Hafezi , Zohreh Rahimirad , Ali Asghar Sadabadi , David A. Wood","doi":"10.1016/j.jup.2025.102135","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jup.2025.102135","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Citizen participation is a key factor in the growth of renewable energy. This study explores how that participation might shape Iran's energy transition to 2040 by using a qualitative scenario method grounded in a matrix-based uncertainty analysis. A literature review and a focus group generated 51 potential drivers. A national panel (n = 61) rated each driver on importance and predictability (1–9), making it possible to identify key uncertainties and assumed trends. Findings show that social participation in renewable energy depends mainly on three uncertainties: (1) energy governance (centralized ↔ decentralized), (2) the energy-economy (cost-reflective pricing ↔ subsidized energy), and (3) infrastructure and asset ownership (citizen/co-ownership ↔ predominantly public). Based on the two most orthogonal axes, four internally consistent scenarios were developed. A follow-on policy panel (n = 21) stress-tested interventions, prioritizing nine policy levers. Economic and financial measures ranked highest, underlining that pricing reform and investment risk reduction are critical for achieving a socially accepted renewable energy transition. The study offers a transparent, reproducible pathway—from driver identification to scenario design and policy testing—tailored to Iran's context but adaptable to other settings facing similar uncertainties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23554,"journal":{"name":"Utilities Policy","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 102135"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145790565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-15DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102133
Weiwei Zhang, He Dai, Yunxiang Wang, Yunzhuo Li, Yuanrong Wang
The coupling of Coal-to-Liquid (CTL) technology with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) can significantly reduce CO2 emissions from coal use by transporting captured CO2 for storage in geological formations, yet economic barriers hinder its widespread application. To address this, the study incorporates a carbon price floor policy into a sequential investment model for the CTL-CCS project and employs real options analysis to evaluate how the policy incentivizes CTL-CCS investment under uncertainties in oil, coal, and carbon prices. Taking the Shenhua project in China (with an annual oil output of 1.08 million tons) as a case study, the findings indicate that implementing a carbon price floor increases the value of the CTL-CCS project from 8.24 to 10.18 billion yuan, elevates the investment probability from 37.1 % to 74.2 %, and reduces the critical carbon price threshold from 217.43 to 156.74 yuan. The optimal carbon price floor to incentivize immediate investment is identified as 125 yuan per ton. These results underscore the effectiveness of carbon price floors in accelerating low-carbon investment in high-emission sectors and provide quantitative insights for carbon market design in China.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-12DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102111
Simon De Jaeger, Johan Eyckmans, Guido Pepermans, Sandra Rousseau
As part of the energy transition, the high-voltage (HV) electricity grid often needs technical upgrading. These investments are not only associated with public benefits but also give rise to private concerns, such as the impact on property values. However, it is challenging to determine the value loss associated with an HV line crossing a real estate property, since characteristics such as age, size, and location of the property matter. In the Belgian context, compensation for property value losses resulting from public utility easements is legally recognized, but the amount is subject to debate. Thus, the research question we address in this study is how compensation should be determined and how it should depend on property characteristics. To provide a market and a citizen perspective, we assess the points of view of real estate experts and Belgian citizens, which we then relate to the current compensation scheme.
{"title":"Rethinking compensation for high-voltage electricity transmission line impacts on residential property in Belgium","authors":"Simon De Jaeger, Johan Eyckmans, Guido Pepermans, Sandra Rousseau","doi":"10.1016/j.jup.2025.102111","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jup.2025.102111","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As part of the energy transition, the high-voltage (HV) electricity grid often needs technical upgrading. These investments are not only associated with public benefits but also give rise to private concerns, such as the impact on property values. However, it is challenging to determine the value loss associated with an HV line crossing a real estate property, since characteristics such as age, size, and location of the property matter. In the Belgian context, compensation for property value losses resulting from public utility easements is legally recognized, but the amount is subject to debate. Thus, the research question we address in this study is how compensation should be determined and how it should depend on property characteristics. To provide a market and a citizen perspective, we assess the points of view of real estate experts and Belgian citizens, which we then relate to the current compensation scheme.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23554,"journal":{"name":"Utilities Policy","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 102111"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145737865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This cross-sectional study examines the drinking water crisis in five highly water-stressed upazilas of southwestern Bangladesh, assessing quality, availability, accessibility, and costs. Key factors include water source reliability, unavailability duration, collection burden, ownership, and socio-economic disparities. Using TDS/Conductivity meters, the study found high salinity levels in community hand tubewells (1733 mg/L) and ponds (1330 mg/L), exceeding the Bangladesh national TDS standard. On average, water unavailability lasts up to 4.65 months annually. Spatial variability highlights Paikgacha's severe unavailability (7.15 months) compared to Koyra's shorter duration (2.84 months). Limited ownership (16 %) of water sources and reliance on external sources underscore access barriers. Affordability pressures are acute: low-income households allocate up to 4 % of their monthly income to drinking water, exacerbating vulnerabilities. Women and adolescent girls (∼80 %) bear the burden of water collection, while indigenous minorities face prolonged unavailability (6.85 months) with minimal ownership (2 %). Findings suggest policy should focus on reliability and equity, not just expanding coverage. Options include a low-cost lifeline block and targeted vouchers or discounts, paid for by cross-subsidies; extending pipes first to areas with the longest shortages; sizing rainwater-harvesting systems for the dry months; and inclusive governance with seats for women and indigenous peoples, and help with connection fees. By pinpointing where constraints bind and who is left behind, the study informs practical pathways toward SDG 6.1 in climate-stressed coastal settings.
{"title":"A cross-sectional view of the drinking water scenario in a climate-stressed setting: Case study from southwestern Bangladesh","authors":"Tasneem Chowdhury Fahim , Md Mainul Islam , Zinat Hasiba , Md. Ahasanul Hoque","doi":"10.1016/j.jup.2025.102121","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jup.2025.102121","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This cross-sectional study examines the drinking water crisis in five highly water-stressed upazilas of southwestern Bangladesh, assessing quality, availability, accessibility, and costs. Key factors include water source reliability, unavailability duration, collection burden, ownership, and socio-economic disparities. Using TDS/Conductivity meters, the study found high salinity levels in community hand tubewells (1733 mg/L) and ponds (1330 mg/L), exceeding the Bangladesh national TDS standard. On average, water unavailability lasts up to 4.65 months annually. Spatial variability highlights Paikgacha's severe unavailability (7.15 months) compared to Koyra's shorter duration (2.84 months). Limited ownership (16 %) of water sources and reliance on external sources underscore access barriers. Affordability pressures are acute: low-income households allocate up to 4 % of their monthly income to drinking water, exacerbating vulnerabilities. Women and adolescent girls (∼80 %) bear the burden of water collection, while indigenous minorities face prolonged unavailability (6.85 months) with minimal ownership (2 %). Findings suggest policy should focus on reliability and equity, not just expanding coverage. Options include a low-cost lifeline block and targeted vouchers or discounts, paid for by cross-subsidies; extending pipes first to areas with the longest shortages; sizing rainwater-harvesting systems for the dry months; and inclusive governance with seats for women and indigenous peoples, and help with connection fees. By pinpointing where constraints bind and who is left behind, the study informs practical pathways toward SDG 6.1 in climate-stressed coastal settings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23554,"journal":{"name":"Utilities Policy","volume":"99 ","pages":"Article 102121"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145737866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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