Economic Consulting Associates2014-03-312014-03-312009-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17519Developing 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 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCOUNTINGARBITRATIONASSET OWNERSHIPAVAILABILITYBALANCEBANK ACCOUNTSBANK GUARANTEESBORDER ELECTRICITY TRADEBORDER TRADECAPACITY AVAILABILITYCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY UTILIZATIONCASH DEPOSITSCOAL RESERVESCOGENERATIONCOMMERCIAL BANKCOMMERCIAL BANK DEBTCOMMERCIAL BANKSCOMMERCIAL LENDERSCOMMERCIAL LENDINGCONCESSIONCONCESSIONSCOST ANALYSISCPICREDIT AGENCIESCREDITSCURRENCYDEBTDEBT FINANCEDEBT FINANCINGDEBT MATURITYDEFORESTATIONDEMAND FORECASTDEPOSITDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT BANKDIESELDISBURSEMENTSDISPUTE RESOLUTIONDOLLAR DEBTDOMESTIC COALDOMESTIC ELECTRICITY DEMANDDOMESTIC GASDOMESTIC NATURAL GASDOWNSTREAM AREASEARNINGSECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC IMPACTECONOMICSELECTRICITYELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY DEMANDELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY PRICESELECTRICITY PRODUCTIONELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY SYSTEMELECTRICITY TARIFFSELECTRIFICATIONEMISSIONS REDUCTIONEMPLOYMENTENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY DEMANDENERGY PLANNINGENERGY PRODUCTIONENERGY SUPPLYENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEQUITY CONTRIBUTIONEQUITY FINANCINGEQUITY FUNDINGEQUITY LOANSETHNIC MINORITIESEXCHANGE RATEEXCHANGE RATESEXPENDITUREEXPORTEREXPROPRIATIONFINANCIAL CLOSUREFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL RISKFINANCIAL SECURITYFINANCIAL SUPPORTFISHFISHERIESFISHINGFOREIGN CAPITALFOREIGN EXCHANGEFOREIGN INVESTMENTFORESTRYFUELFUEL PRICESFUEL SUPPLYGAS TURBINEGENERATING CAPACITYGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATION COSTSGENERATORSGOVERNMENT APPROVALGOVERNMENT GUARANTEESGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGROUP OF BANKSGROWTH RATESGUARANTEE AGENCYHANDICRAFTHANDICRAFTSHEAVY OILHOLDINGHOLDING COMPANYHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD INCOMESHOUSEHOLDSHYDROELECTRIC POTENTIALHYDROPOWERINCOME GROUPINCOME STREAMINDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERSINFLATIONINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSURANCEINTERNATIONAL ARBITRATIONINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL FINANCEINTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSINVESTMENT BANKINVESTMENT PROGRAMINVESTMENT VEHICLELETTERS OF CREDITLNGLOANLOGGINGMARGINAL COSTSMINESMORTGAGENATIONAL SECURITYNATURAL GASNATURAL GAS IMPORTSNATURAL GAS SUPPLYNATURAL RESOURCESNUCLEAR POWERNUCLEAR POWER PLANTSORGANIC MATERIALPARTIAL RISKPEAK DEMANDPEAK LOADPHYSICAL ASSETSPOLICY ENVIRONMENTPOLITICAL RISKPOLITICAL RISKSPOPULATION DENSITIESPOWERPOWER COMPANYPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GENERATION FACILITIESPOWER GRIDPOWER PRODUCERPOWER PROJECTPOWER PURCHASEPOWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTSPOWER PURCHASE COSTSPOWER SECTORPOWER SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPOWER STATIONPOWER SYSTEMPOWER TRADEPRIMARY ENERGYPRIMARY ENERGY SOURCEPRIMARY FUELPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRIVATE INVESTORSPRIVATE PROVIDERSPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPREGULATORY AUTHORITYREGULATORY FRAMEWORKRENEWABLE SOURCESRESERVERESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERSRESIDENTIAL USERSRETAIL ELECTRICITYRISK MITIGATIONRURAL COMMUNITIESSAVINGSSETTLEMENTSHAREHOLDERSSMALL POWER PRODUCERSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIESSTOCK EXCHANGESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE USETARIFF REVENUESTARIFF SETTINGTARIFF STRUCTURETAXTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL SUPPORTTHERMAL CAPACITYTRADINGTRANSMISSION LINETRANSMISSION LINESTRANSMISSION SYSTEMTRANSPARENCYTRUST FUNDTURBINESUNIONUTILITIESVILLAGEVILLAGESVOLTAGEWHOLESALE ELECTRICITYWOOD FUEL10.1596/17519