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Electricity tariffs based on long-run marginal costs for central grid system of Oman

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  • Malik, Arif S.
  • Al-Zubeidi, Salem

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The electricity tariffs in Oman are subsidized and are based on a cost accounting approach and do not reflect the true cost incurred in generating, transmitting and distributing a kilowatt-hour of electricity at the consumer end. This paper presents the electricity tariff based on the estimation of long-run marginal cost at generation, 33kV, and 415 voltage level for Ministry of Housing, Electricity & Water (MHEW) interconnected power system of Oman. The result shows that at the generation level a marginal kW costs US$ 75per year and a marginal kWh costs 2.07¢/kWh. These costs increase as we move downstream from generation to consumer end. The average cost of electricity at the consumer end connected at 415V is 6.52¢/kWh or 25.17Bz/kWh.

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  • Malik, Arif S. & Al-Zubeidi, Salem, 2006. "Electricity tariffs based on long-run marginal costs for central grid system of Oman," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 31(12), pages 1703-1714.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:31:y:2006:i:12:p:1703-1714
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2005.11.010
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