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Table 2 Benchmarks for public lighting measure and its indicators

From: Sustainability of community-owned mini-grids: evidence from India

Indicator

Score 1

Score 2

Score 3

Score 4

Score 5

Capacity (village coverage)

1 street light

> 25%

> 50%

> 75%

> 95%

Duration (night hours)

> 2 h

> 4 h

> 50% night time

> 75% night time

> 95% night time

Reliability (monsoon)

Frequent outages > 5 days/month

2–5 days/month

1–2 days/month

No outages

Quality

No functioning lights

Failures, brightness flickering issues

No early failures, no issues with brightness, flickering, etc.

Safety

Unsafe connection and installation

No perceived risk of electrocution due to poor installation or maintenance