Impacts of Electricity Subsidies Policy on Energy Transition

Energy subsidy programmes are socio-economically designed to offer a modern and affordable energy, accessible for specific social groups, protect domestic industry, simulate economic development and protect the environment. However, in several countries, energy subsidies have deviated from their objectives and become an energy budget burden and a sustainable development barrier. Many questions arise: what are exactly energy subsidies? How are they implemented in a country mechanism? And what are their real effects?