Solving the Perennial Electricity Crises Management of Residential Consumer through DRPs in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Ghana’s Electricity Market using Incentivized Credit Function Technique

摘要

This paper focuses on how demand response programs(DRPs)can be used in sub-Saharan Africa to resolve residential electricity management crises using Ghana as a case study with particular interest in retailer’s returns as against the flat rate tariff system in use.Applying an incentive-based DRP model on unit charge per kWh data for residential consumers of Ghana,our simulation results indicated that,retailers can improve their revenue by about 4% or more if DRPs are implemented.Thus,sub-Saharan African countries can introduce DRPs to solve their electricity management crises in their economies,optimize electricity usage and attract investors into the electricity sector.