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From Crisis to Stability in the Armenian Power Sector : Lessons Learned from Armenia's Energy Reform Experience

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dc.contributor.authorSargsyan, Gevorg
dc.contributor.authorBalabanyan, Ani
dc.contributor.authorHankinson, Denzel
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-04T15:40:45Z
dc.date.available2012-06-04T15:40:45Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractIn the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse, Armenia, like other former Soviet republics, began to struggle with the implications of its newfound independence. In the electricity sector, this meant learning how to manage and sustain a fragment of a system that had never been designed to function as a stand-alone grid. Armenia's electricity system-and, indeed, its entire energy supply system-had been designed to operate as part of a much larger, integrated Trans-Caucasus system. Plants were built to run on fuel imported from thousands of miles away, from neighbors who, with the Soviet Union gone, could offer little certainty that such supply would continue under terms that Armenia could afford. The problems with this system began to show in 1992. The start of the war over Nagorno Karabakh, and the resulting imposition by Azerbaijan and Turkey of an economic blockade, cut off Armenia's only source of gas and oil for its thermal plants. Four years prior to that, a massive earthquake had forced a shut down of the Medzamor nuclear power plant, a source of roughly one-third of Armenia's generating capacity. Supply from a new gas pipeline, built in 1993 through neighboring Georgia, was regularly interrupted by acts of sabotage. Armenia was left to rely almost entirely on its hydropower resources, at great expense to Lake Sevan, one of the country's most precious natural resources.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6638103/crisis-stability-armenian-power-sector-lessons-learned-armenias-energy-reform-experience
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-6589-2
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-8213-6589-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/6987
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Working Paper No. 74
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectACCOUNTING
dc.subjectCONSOLIDATION
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION COMPANIES
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION ENTITIES
dc.subjectELECTRIC UTILITY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY CRISIS
dc.subjectELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY INDUSTRY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY PRICES
dc.subjectELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
dc.subjectELECTRICITY REFORMS
dc.subjectELECTRICITY SALES
dc.subjectELECTRICITY SECTOR
dc.subjectELECTRICITY SUPPLY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY THEFT
dc.subjectEMERGING MARKETS
dc.subjectENERGY BALANCE
dc.subjectENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectENERGY CRISIS
dc.subjectENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectENERGY LAW
dc.subjectENERGY POLICIES
dc.subjectENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
dc.subjectENERGY SECTOR
dc.subjectENERGY SECTOR REFORM
dc.subjectENERGY SUPPLY
dc.subjectENERGY SYSTEMS
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL
dc.subjectFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL REFORM
dc.subjectFUEL
dc.subjectFUEL OIL
dc.subjectGAS PIPELINE
dc.subjectGAS SUPPLY
dc.subjectGENERATING CAPACITY
dc.subjectGENERATION
dc.subjectGENERATION ASSETS
dc.subjectGENERATION SECTOR
dc.subjectGENERATORS
dc.subjectGRID
dc.subjectGRID INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectHEATING
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER GENERATION
dc.subjectILLEGAL CONNECTIONS
dc.subjectINDEPENDENT REGULATOR
dc.subjectKILOWATT HOUR
dc.subjectLEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectLEGAL STATUS
dc.subjectLITIGATION
dc.subjectLOW-VOLTAGE
dc.subjectMETER READING
dc.subjectNATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY
dc.subjectNATURAL GAS
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNUCLEAR POWER
dc.subjectOIL EQUIVALENT
dc.subjectPOWER CONSUMERS
dc.subjectPOWER PLANT
dc.subjectPOWER PLANTS
dc.subjectPOWER SECTOR
dc.subjectPOWER SECTOR ASSETS
dc.subjectPOWER SECTOR INVESTMENT
dc.subjectPOWER SECTOR PRIVATIZATION
dc.subjectPOWER SECTOR REFORM
dc.subjectPOWER SECTOR REFORMS
dc.subjectPOWER SECTOR RESTRUCTURING
dc.subjectPOWER SHORTAGES
dc.subjectPOWER SYSTEM
dc.subjectPRIMARY FUELS
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectPRIVATIZATION
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectPUBLIC UTILITIES
dc.subjectPUMPING
dc.subjectREGULATORS
dc.subjectREGULATORY CHANGES
dc.subjectREGULATORY COMMISSION
dc.subjectREGULATORY COMMISSIONS
dc.subjectREGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectREGULATORY REFORMS
dc.subjectRESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS
dc.subjectRETAIL TARIFFS
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectSERVICE QUALITY
dc.subjectSERVICE QUALITY STANDARDS
dc.subjectSMALL HYDROPOWER
dc.subjectSTATE UTILITY
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
dc.subjectSUBSIDIARY
dc.subjectTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectTHERMAL PLANTS
dc.subjectTRANSMISSION
dc.subjectUNBUNDLING
dc.subjectUTILITY BILLS
dc.subjectWATER SECTOR
dc.subjectWATER USE
dc.subjectWATER UTILITIES
dc.titleFrom Crisis to Stability in the Armenian Power Sector : Lessons Learned from Armenia's Energy Reform Experienceen
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okr.date.disclosure2006-03-10
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Publication
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6638103/crisis-stability-armenian-power-sector-lessons-learned-armenias-energy-reform-experience
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeEnergy and Extractives
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-6589-2
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000090341_20060306130517
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum6638103
okr.identifier.report35408
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.countryArmenia
okr.region.geographicalAsia
okr.region.geographicalEastern Europe
okr.topicEnergy::Energy and Poverty Alleviation
okr.topicPower and Energy Conversion
okr.topicInfrastructure Economics and Finance::Infrastructure Regulation
okr.topicBanks and Banking Reform
okr.topicEnergy Technology and Transmission
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development
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