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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2021

Tension in Mexico's energy transition: Are urban residential consumers in Aguascalientes willing to pay for renewable energy and green jobs?

Martinez Cruz, Adan; Nunez, Hector M.

Abstract

Via a discrete choice experiment (DCE), a sample of urban residents that contribute to their household electricity bill in Aguascalientes, Mexico, has been asked to choose from among four electricity contracts —a status quo alternative, and three alternatives described in terms of type of renewable energy source (RES), % of RES in current electricity mix, new jobs in RE sector, and % increase in self-reported bimonthly electricity bill. Respondents report a positive willingness to pay (WTP) for both RES and new jobs in RE sector, and a higher WTP for solar energy in comparison to biomass energy. These results are timely as there is a tension in Mexico due to the energy strategy pursued by the current federal administration —which in practice has slowed down the energy transition initiated in 2015. This paper's findings suggest that respondents to our DCE would support a just energy transition aiming to boost both RES and the creation of green jobs.

Keywords

Renewable energy sources; Green jobs; Just energy transition; Discrete choice experiment; Aguascalientes; Mexico

Published in

Energy Policy
2021, Volume: 150, article number: 112145

    Sustainable Development Goals

    SDG7 Affordable and clean energy
    SDG8 Decent work and economic growth
    SDG9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
    SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Economics

    Publication identifier

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112145

    Permanent link to this page (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/110285