Investing in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Palestinian Territories: Barriers and Opportunities

Table 6

Summarization of the answers of public institutions related to electricity consumption.

Can consumers freely choose among competitive electricity providers?	(i) According to the response of the questioned companies, even if the competitive bidding is still not available in PT, this may represent an effective tool to boost the consumption of electricity from RES; (ii) Once the competitive bidding is applied, the RE producer sells electricity to DisCos upon the competitive price
Can consumers opt to buy electricity from RE if they wish to do so?	(i) The power sold from RES producers is injected into the electric network. In most cases, the consumers cannot freely choose among competitive electricity providers and cannot opt to buy electricity from RES, at least at this stage
Are full life-cycle costs (including environmental externalities and health impacts) reflected in energy prices for all types of energy?	(i) The full life-cycle costs (including environmental externalities and health impacts) do not reflect energy prices for all types of energy
Do you think that electricity prices are transparent, i.e., that consumers understand exactly the subcosts included in the energy price?	(i) The electricity prices are not fully transparent, and the consumers do not understand exactly the subcosts included in the energy price; (ii) DisCos sell electric energy to consumers mostly twice the price it buys from IEC. The distribution companies justify this increase in operational costs and taxes