Household Electricity Use Analysis and Forecasting: The Case of Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Abstract

The growth of household electricity consumption in Phnom Penh has increased rapidly inrecent years. To develop a better understanding of the most active component of electricityconsumption, we survey its main characteristics and analyze the major factors affecting its growth.This paper examines the residential electricity demand in Phnom Penh for the next 10 years during2002-2012. The electricity demand in the residential sector is estimated by using a detailed end-usemodel. To capture the difference in socio-economic characteristics and patterns of electricitydemand, the residential sector is classified into three income classes, of which the electricity demandfor each income class is estimated by multiplying the number of households with the average numberof appliances, average capacity of appliances, and average usage hours of appliance.

Keywords : End-use Model / Residential Sector / Statistical Data / Actual Data