Economic Consulting Associates2014-03-312014-03-312009-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17517Developing 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 IGOALTERNATIVE PROVIDERSAPPROACHAUCTIONAUCTIONSAVAILABILITYAVERAGE PRICEBACKBONEBIDDINGBUSINESSESCOALCOAL OILCOMMERCECOMPETITION POLICYCOMPETITIVE MARKETSCONSUMER PRICECONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMER PRICESCONTRACTS FOR GENERATIONDAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONDEMAND FORECASTDEMAND GROWTHDEMAND MANAGEMENTDEREGULATIONDISPUTE RESOLUTIONDISTRIBUTION FACILITIESECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC INDICATORSECONOMIES OF SCALEELECTRIC GENERATIONELECTRIC GRIDELECTRIC POWERELECTRIC RELIABILITYELECTRIC UTILITIESELECTRICAL ENERGYELECTRICITYELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY DEMANDELECTRICITY DEREGULATIONELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY INDUSTRYELECTRICITY MARKETSELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY TARIFFSELECTRIFICATIONENERGY CRISISENERGY ECONOMICSENERGY MARKETSENERGY POLICYENERGY POLICY ACTENERGY PRICEENERGY PRICINGENERGY PROCUREMENTENERGY REQUIREMENTSENERGY RESOURCESENERGY SECTORENERGY SOURCESENERGY USEENVIRONMENTAL POLICYENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONEQUIPMENTEXCESS PROFITSFEASIBILITY STUDIESFEASIBILITY STUDYFEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORYFEDERAL POWER COMMISSIONFINANCIAL FLOWSFINANCIAL INSTRUMENTSFINANCIAL REPORTFIXED COSTSFORWARD MARKETFUELFUEL TYPEGASGAS ENERGYGAS RESOURCESGENERAL PUBLICGENERATING CAPACITYGENERATING UNITSGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATION SERVICESGENERATORSGEOGRAPHIC REGIONGOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTSGRID CONNECTIONGRID CONNECTIONSGROWTH IN DEMANDHEATINFLATIONINFORMATION PROVISIONINSPECTIONINVESTMENT COSTSLIABILITY COMPANYLOAD MANAGEMENTLOAD SHAPELOCATIONAL MARGINAL PRICESMARGINAL COSTSMARGINAL LOSSESMARKET POWERMARKET RULESMONOPOLIESMONOPOLYMONOPOLY POWERNATURAL GASNEW MARKETSNUCLEAR POWERNUCLEAR POWER PLANTSOILOIL CRISISOPEN ACCESSOWNERSHIP OF GENERATIONOWNERSHIP STRUCTUREPDFPEAK DEMANDPOLLUTIONPOLLUTION LEVELSPOWERPOWER COMPANYPOWER PLANTSPOWER SECTORPOWER STATIONPOWER SYSTEMPOWER SYSTEMSPRICE CONTROLPRICE CONTROLSPRICE DIFFERENTIALPRICE LEVELSPRICE SPIKESPRICING MECHANISMSPRICING MODELPRICING PRINCIPLESPRIMARY ENERGYPUBLIC UTILITIESPUBLIC UTILITYPURCHASINGREGIONAL TRANSMISSIONREGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATIONREGULATION OF TRANSMISSIONREGULATORSREGULATORY AGENCIESREGULATORY ARRANGEMENTSREGULATORY COMMISSIONREGULATORY COMMISSIONSREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTREGULATORY POLICYRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE GENERATIONRESULTSRETAILRETAIL COMPETITIONRETAIL ELECTRICITYRETAIL PRICERETAIL PRICESRETAIL TARIFFSROUTESSALESSECONDARY MARKETSERVICE PRICESSERVICE PROVIDERSITESSOCIAL ISSUESSPOT MARKETSPOT PRICESPOT PRICESSPOT SALESSTATE REGULATORYSTEAM GENERATIONSUMMER PEAKSUPPLIERSSURPLUSSURPLUSESTHERMAL ENERGYTHIRD-PARTY ENTITIESTIME FRAMETIME PERIODTRADERSTRANSFER OF ENERGYTRANSMISSION ASSETSTRANSMISSION CAPACITYTRANSMISSION ISSUESTRANSMISSION LINESTRANSMISSION ORGANIZATIONTRANSMISSION ORGANIZATIONSTRANSMISSION OWNERSTRANSMISSION PATHTRANSMISSION PATHSTRANSMISSION RIGHTSTRANSMISSION SERVICESTRANSMISSION SYSTEMTRANSMISSION SYSTEMSUSERUSER GROUPSUSERSUTILITIESUTILITY COMPANIESVOLTAGEWHOLESALE COMPETITIONWHOLESALE ELECTRICITYWHOLESALE ELECTRICITY MARKETWHOLESALE MARKETWHOLESALE PRICEWHOLESALE PRICESWINDWIND FARMS10.1596/17517