Economic Consulting Associates2014-03-312014-03-312009-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17509Developing countries are increasingly pursuing and benefitting from regional power system integration (RPSI) as an important strategy to help provide reliable, affordable electricity to their economies and citizens. Increased electricity cooperation and trade between countries can enhance energy security, bring economies-of-scale in investments, facilitate financing, enable greater renewable energy penetration, and allow synergistic sharing of complementary resources. This briefing note draws from the experiences of RPSI schemes around the world to present a set of findings to help address these challenges. It is based on case studies of 12 RPSI projects and how they are dealing with key aspects of RPSI, such as: (i) finding the right level of integration; (ii) optimizing investment on a regional basis; (iii) appropriate regional institutions (iv) technical and regulatory harmonization; (v) power sector reform and integration (vi) the role of donor agencies (vii) reducing emissions through RPSI; and (viii) RPSI and renewable energy.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABATEMENTACCESS TO ELECTRICITYAIRAIR POLLUTIONAMOUNT OF POWERAPPROACHAQUATIC LIFEASBESTOSAUCTIONAVERAGE TARIFFSBLACKOUTSBROWNOUTSCALCULATIONCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY EXPANSIONCAPITAL COSTSCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONCARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONSCHEAPER POWERCHEMICALSCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECOCO2COALCOAL GENERATIONCOAL RESOURCESCOATINGSCONGESTION PROBLEMSCONTRACT PRICESCONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONSCOPPERCOST OF CAPITALCOST OF ELECTRICITYCPIDAMSDEMAND MANAGEMENTDIESELDIESEL POWERDOMESTIC CUSTOMERSDROUGHTECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC INTEGRATIONECONOMICSELECTRICAL POWERELECTRICAL SYSTEMELECTRICITYELECTRICITY CONSUMERSELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY DEMANDELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITYELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTUREELECTRICITY MARKETELECTRICITY PRICESELECTRICITY PRODUCTIONELECTRICITY REGULATORELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY SYSTEMSELECTRICITY TARIFFSELECTRICITY TRADEELECTRICITY UTILITIESELECTRICITY UTILITYELECTRIFICATIONEMISSION REDUCTIONSENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY DEMANDENERGY DEVELOPMENTENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY GENERATIONENERGY NEEDSENERGY OFFICIALSENERGY POLICYENERGY RESOURCESENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONEVAPORATIONEXCESS ELECTRICITYFINANCIAL VIABILITYFISHFUELFUEL COSTGASGAS PLANTSGAS POWER PLANTSGAS PROJECTGAS TURBINEGAS TURBINESGENERATING CAPACITYGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATORSGLOBAL WARMINGGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASESGRIDSGROWTH IN DEMANDGROWTH RATESHYDROELECTRIC POTENTIALHYDROPOWERINDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERSINVESTMENT COSTSINVESTMENT PROGRAMJOINT VENTUREJOINT VENTURE PARTNERKILOWATT-HOURLAKESLOAD SHEDDINGMARGINAL COSTMARGINAL COSTSMARKET COMPETITIVENESSMARKET CONDITIONSMAXIMUM EFFICIENCYMERCURYMETHANEMINESNET BENEFITSNET IMPORTSNUCLEAR CAPACITYNUCLEAR POWERNUCLEAR POWER GENERATIONNUCLEAR POWER PLANTNUCLEAR POWER PLANTSNUCLEAR POWER STATIONNUTRIENTSOILOIL RESOURCESOIL SPILLSORGANIC COMPOUNDSORGANIC MATERIALORGANIC POLLUTANTSPCBPEAK DEMANDPOLLUTANTSPOLLUTERSPOLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLSPOWERPOWER COMPANYPOWER CONSERVATIONPOWER CONTRACTPOWER CORPORATIONPOWER CRISISPOWER DEMANDPOWER DEVELOPMENTPOWER FLOWSPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GRIDPOWER INVESTMENTSPOWER LINESPOWER MARKETSPOWER PLANTSPOWER POOLSPOWER PRODUCERSPOWER PURCHASEPOWER RESOURCESPOWER SECTORPOWER SHORTAGESPOWER STATIONPOWER STATIONSPOWER SUPPLIESPOWER SUPPLYPOWER SYSTEMPOWER SYSTEMSPOWER TRADEPOWER TRADINGPOWER TRANSMISSIONPRESENT VALUEPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPVCRAINFALLRAW MATERIALREGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURERELIABILITY OF SUPPLYRENTAL CHARGEREVENUE COLLECTIONRIVER BASINSRURAL COMMUNITIESSURPLUS POWERSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE ENERGYTHERMAL POWERTHERMAL POWER PLANTSTHERMAL TECHNOLOGIESTOLLTRANSMISSION ASSETSTRANSMISSION CAPACITYTRANSMISSION CONSTRAINTSTRANSMISSION FACILITIESTRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURETRANSMISSION LINESTRANSMISSION PRICINGTRANSMISSION SYSTEMSUTILITIESUTILITY REGULATIONVOLTAGEWATER DEMANDWATER QUALITYWATER UTILITIES10.1596/17509