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Introduction: Employing new technologies in the livestock sector to meet protein needs has made energy carriers, especially electricity, more important in the livestock industry. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the costs caused by power outages for industrial animal husbandry. Materials and Methods: For this purpose, 43 customers of industrial livestock of Isfahan province in 2020 were selected and with a researcher-made questionnaire, the required data for the willingness to pay method and direct value method were collected. Findings: The results show that the WTP for each kilowatt of electricity not supplied, without prior notice, is at least 13,264 Rials and at most 78,988 Rials. The data obtained for the direct value method show that with increasing the duration of the interruption, the amount of damage per kilowatt-hour of unsupplied electricity decreases. Conclusion: Since the losses due to power outages in this section, even after the electricity return, will be continued, with the announcement of the time and duration of outage, possible losses in this sector can be minimized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
