Electricity as a clean cooking option: Lessons from India, Nepal, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Nigeria

Key Messages

• Electricity reliability is the strongest determinant of electric cooking adoption across all study countries.
• Access alone is not enough—dependable, affordable and good-quality power supply is essential.
• Urban, wealthier, and better-educated households are far more likely to adopt electric cooking.
• Incompatible household electricity infrastructure is a key qualitative barrier to electric cooking adoption.
• Policy reforms must improve grid reliability, household electricity infrastructure, and other socioeconomic barriers to scale electric cooking.