Economic Consulting Associates2014-03-312014-03-312010-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17506Developing 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 IGOALLOCATIONAVAILABILITYAVERAGE TARIFFSBILATERAL TRADEBORDER TRADEBORDER TRANSMISSIONCALORIFIC VALUECAPACITY EXPANSIONCARBONCARBON EMISSIONSCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECOALCOAL PRICECOAL PRICESCOMPETITIVE POWER MARKETCOMPETITIVE POWER MARKETSCONCESSIONCOST OF PRODUCTIONCOST SAVINGSDAMSDEMAND PEAKSDIESELDISTRIBUTION OF COSTSDOMESTIC COALECONOMIC DATAECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC GROWTH RATESELECTRIC POWERELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENTELECTRIC POWER PROJECTSELECTRIC POWER SECTORELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSIONELECTRICITYELECTRICITY DEMANDELECTRICITY DEMAND GROWTHELECTRICITY GENERATINGELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY MARKETELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SERVICESELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY TARIFFSELECTRICITY TRADEELECTRIFICATIONENERGY DEMANDENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY MARKETENERGY POLICIESENERGY RESOURCESENERGY SOURCESENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATIONENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTEXCESS CAPACITYEXCHANGE RATEEXPLOITATIONFEASIBILITYFINANCIAL CRISISFISHERIESFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFUELFUEL OILFUEL PRICESFUEL SUPPLYFUELSGASGAS FIELDSGAS PRICESGAS PRODUCTIONGAS RESOURCESGENERATING CAPACITYGENERATION MARKETGENERATION MIXGLOBAL RECESSIONGRID ELECTRICITYGROWTH IN DEMANDGROWTH RATESHIGHER GASHYDRO PLANTHYDRO POWERHYDRO POWER PLANTSHYDROPOWERHYDROPOWER PLANTIMPORTSINCREASE IN CAPACITYINDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERSINTERNATIONAL TRADINGINVESTMENT COSTSMARGINAL COSTMARGINAL COSTSMARKET COMPETITIONMETHANEMINESNATURAL GASNUCLEAR GENERATIONOILOIL PRICESPEAK DEMANDPERFORMANCE STANDARDSPOWERPOWER COMPANYPOWER CORPORATIONPOWER FLOWSPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GRIDPOWER MARKETSPOWER PLANNINGPOWER PLANTPOWER PLANTSPOWER PRODUCERPOWER PRODUCERSPOWER PROJECTPOWER PROJECTSPOWER PURCHASEPOWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTSPOWER SECTORPOWER SUPPLIESPOWER SYSTEMPOWER SYSTEMSPOWER TRADEPOWER TRADINGPOWER TRANSACTIONSPOWER TRANSMISSIONPRESENT VALUEPRICE REGULATIONREGULATORY FRAMEWORKRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCESRENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIESRESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERSRETAIL COMPETITIONRETAIL ELECTRICITYRETAIL TARIFFSRURAL ELECTRICITYRURAL ELECTRIFICATIONSUBSTITUTIONSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE ENERGYSUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURETARIFF LEVELSTHERMAL CAPACITYTOTAL COSTTOTAL COSTSTRANSMISSION CAPACITYTRANSMISSION FACILITIESTRANSMISSION GRIDTRANSMISSION LINESTRANSMISSION SYSTEMTRANSMISSION SYSTEMSUTILITIESVOLTAGEWHOLESALE POWERWINDWIND GENERATIONWIND POWER10.1596/17506