Rethinking Regional Energy Policy Do Threats Matter in Supply and Generation Process?

Alege, P. O. and Ojeaga, Paul and Ogundipe, Adeyomi A. (2013) Rethinking Regional Energy Policy Do Threats Matter in Supply and Generation Process? Munich Personal RePEc Archive.

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Abstract

The study investigates potential threats to energy security and sustainable electricity production from a regional perspective, after identifying a host of factors that are likely to affect sustainable energy production and supply using seemingly unrelated regression estimation, which produces efficient estimates. Our results show that energy security which we described as the level of diversification in regional specific energy generating sources is probably being affected by regional specific level of industrialization and domestic energy consumption. Issues of over dependence on specific sources of energy supply (particularly nuclear production sources) were also found to have a negative effect on energy security and probably increase the risk of future failure in energy supply. Energy policy was also found to have a significant effect on energy security. The impacts of various constraints on electricity production were also considered. It was found that many factors affect electricity output production in regions particularly environmental factors that affect consumption and generation.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	31 Oct 2013 15:38
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2013 15:38
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/1776

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