siqah/EquityGridKenya

Energy Equity Intelligence for Smart Grid Policy EquityGrid Kenya is an MVP decision-support engine that identifies energy poverty patterns and flags luxury consumption anomalies using geographic, token purchase, and consumption data. Built for Kenya's energy sector regulators and utility providers. # EquityGrid Kenya Energy equity intelligence for smart grid policy. Built for Kenya’s energy sector regulators (EPRA) and utility providers, EquityGrid Kenya is a decision-support platform designed to ensure fair, cost-saving, and data-driven electricity subsidy distribution. --- ## The Problem Energy regulators in developing markets face a double-edged challenge when designing social tariffs: 1. **Inefficient Subsidy Targeting:** Lifeline tariffs are often misallocated. Affluent households with heavy discretionary loads (such as luxury appliances, air conditioning, and multi-meter addresses) bypass limits and consume subsidized energy intended for vulnerable families. 2. **Rising Fiscal & Grid Burdens:** Subsidy leakage balloons government and utility expenditures. Concurrently, unmanaged peak demand (especially the 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM evening peak) triggers expensive grid infrastructure strain and capacity upgrades. --- ## The Solution **EquityGrid Kenya** processes geographic, payment consistency, and consumption metrics to score and classify households. It creates a **Dual-Savings** ecosystem: 1. **Protecting Vulnerable Consumers:** Mapped households (assigned the **GREEN** band) reliably access affordable lifeline tariffs (suggested **0.60×** multiplier) to support basic energy needs. 2. **Optimizing Utility & Regulator Budgets:** High-draw or affluent households (assigned the **RED** band) are identified and billed as cross-subsidy contributors (suggested **1.40×** multiplier). This drastically reduces public subsidy expenditure and deters peak-hour load surges. ### Six-Variable Equity Model To classify households accurately without violating individual privacy, the platform uses a transparent, weighted six-signal scorecard: * **Consumption per Capita Proxy (25%):** Normalizes monthly consumption by ward-level average household size against the national vulnerability benchmark. * **Payment Consistency (22%):** Assesses monthly disconnection days ( …