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Why is electricity essential for business?

Electricity access is needed for infrastructure services, to power essential operations like machinery, lighting, etc. and without a reliable electricity supply, small growing businesses may face economic losses.

Chad's dire situation regarding electricity

For example, in Chad, businesses reported a value loss of 9.8% of total sales due to power outages in 2018, according to World Bank Enterprise Survey data.

Ways to overcome this issue

In order to overcome this issue, the government should invest in renewable and sustainable energy to develop Chad as a whole, and as well as its economy.

https://subnational.doingbusiness.org/en/data/exploretopics/getting-electricity/why-matters - World Bank

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Why power cut in India?

The supply is struggling to keep up with the growing demand for power

Supply and Demand are imbalanced.

Why is electricity important for healthcare?

Reliable energy provision – particularly electricity – is a major enabler of universal health coverage.

Needed to power the most basic services in healthcare facilities:

From lighting and communication to clean water supply,

Crucial for the medical equipment necessary:

To safely manage childbirth or to ensure immunization,

Undertaking most of the routine and emergency procedures,

Essential for refrigerating vaccines:

Lessens the risk of bacterial growth within the vaccine.

Electricity (shortage) Effects on Health

Food storage get spoiled because electricity shortage

Cardiorespiratory hospitalizations

Increase in carbon monoxide poisoning because people use generators incorrectly

Increase in anxiety, stress, and reduced well-being

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/electricity-in-health-care-facilities#:~:text=Electricity%20is%20needed%20to%20power%20the%20most%20basic%20services%20in,communications%20to%20clean%20water%20supply.

https://www.news-medical.net/health/Why-do-Vaccines-need-to-be-Refrigerated.aspx#:~:text=When%20thawing%2C%20the%20recrystallization%20process,bacterial%20growth%20within%20the%20vaccine.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/11/nx-s1-5256441/la-fires-palisades-power-outage#:~:text=%22We%20see%20increases%20in%20cardiorespiratory,outages%20started%2C%22%20Casey%20says

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Lack of energy reduces teaching resources and classroom materials.

Energy poverty causes complicated work for staff and school administration.

Energy poverty discourages teachers from working in areas without access to electricity.

Energy poverty reduces the amount of time that children will want to spend in school.

Energy poverty will affect the student's learning and studying abilities which will affect their grades.

South Sudan is a country with a 8.4% electricity access, this directly affects their education which affects the betterment of their country.

Rural schools use artificial light to provide classes during cloudy days or at night and for staff/student quarters. Other than schools further need electricity to use computers for administrative purposes and also for other electrical appliances such as printers, TV, printers, and microscopes.

https://childrenfirstamerica.org/how-power-outages-impact-education/

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No electricity means no traffic lights which can lead to traffic jams in multiple areas causing inconvenience and possibly crashes. This would make emergency services such as police cars, ambulances, fire trucks to arrive late at specific locations.

Electric trains, subways, electric powered vehicles like cars, busses and trams would stop working.

No electricity means no usage of electric vehicles and therefore we cannot reduce carbon emissions that are harming the world.

Electricity is important as it reduces greenhouse gas emission and air pollution by reducing fuel power vehicles and replacing it with EVs.

Electronic Vehicles, which are more globally used now a-days would not be able to charge, making people use fuel powered vehicles more resulting in increasing carbon emissions and causing air pollution.

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-Important for everyday life

-Improves quality of life

-Allows the use of household appliances (refrigerators, fans, televisions, heaters, ac).

-Gives the family access to the internet.

-Improves safety and security.

-Provides comfort.

-powers the house (i.e. lights, LEDs)

-enables us to be able to cook, clean, and enjoy entertainments

-efficiency

-no access to clean running water

-access to technology (i.e PCs, laptop, WiFi)