Economic Consulting Associates2014-03-312014-03-312010-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17503Developing 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 IGOABSOLUTE TERMSACCESS TO ELECTRICITYAID AGENCIESAPPROACHARBITRATIONAUCTIONAUCTIONSAVAILABILITYBALANCEBIDDINGBIDSBORDER ELECTRICITY TRADEBRANCH OFFICESCAPACITY BUILDINGCOALCOGENERATIONCOMMON MARKETCOMPETITIVE BIDDINGCOMPETITIVE MARKETCOUNTRY MARKETCOUNTRY MARKETSCREDIBILITYDEBTDEBT FINANCINGDEBT SERVICINGDEMAND GROWTHDEPOSITSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT BANKDEVELOPMENT PATHDIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENTDISPUTE RESOLUTIONDISTRIBUTION LOSSESDOMESTIC MARKETDOMESTIC MARKETSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC INTEGRATIONELECTRICAL POWERELECTRICITYELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY DEMANDELECTRICITY PRODUCTIONELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY SYSTEMELECTRIFICATIONENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY RESERVESENERGY RESOURCESENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTEQUAL SHARESEQUIPMENTEQUITY FINANCINGEXPORTEREXPORTERSFEASIBILITY STUDIESFEASIBILITY STUDYFEEDSTOCKSFINANCIAL EXPOSUREFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONFOREIGN INVESTMENTFOSSILFOSSIL FUELSFREE TRADEFREE TRADE AGREEMENTFREE TRADE AGREEMENTSFUELFUEL CONSUMPTIONFUEL TYPEGASGAS SUPPLIESGASIFICATIONGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGOVERNMENT BACKINGGRACE PERIODGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGROWTH RATESHARMONIZATIONHOME MARKETSHOST COUNTRIESHYDROELECTRIC STATIONSHYDROPOWERINCOMEINCOME LEVELSINCOMESINDIVIDUAL MARKETSINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSINTERNATIONAL LAWINTERNATIONAL MARKETINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVENTORYINVESTMENT BANKINVESTMENTS IN ENERGYINVESTOR PROTECTIONSJOINT VENTUREJURISDICTIONKILOWATT-HOURLEGAL FRAMEWORKLEGAL SYSTEMSLNGLNG TERMINALLOAD FACTORLOANLOAN AGREEMENTMARGINAL COSTSMARKET CONDITIONSMARKET DESIGNMARKET DEVELOPMENTMARKET INTEGRATIONMARKET PARTICIPANTSMARKET REFORMMARKET REGULATORMARKET STRUCTUREMARKET STRUCTURESMARKET TRANSACTIONSMONOPOLYNATURAL GASNATURAL GAS TRANSMISSIONOILOPERATIONAL EFFICIENCYOPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTORSOUTPUTPEAK DEMANDPEAK LOADPETROLEUMPHYSICAL ASSETPOWERPOWER FLOWSPOWER PARITYPOWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTSPOWER SECTORPOWER SYSTEMPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRIVATE INVESTORSPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPPURCHASINGPURCHASING POWERREGIONAL COOPERATIONREGIONAL COORDINATIONREGIONAL DEVELOPMENTREGIONAL ELECTRICITYREGIONAL ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSIONREGIONAL GENERATIONREGIONAL INITIATIVEREGIONAL INSTITUTIONSREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREGIONAL LEVELREGIONAL LEVELSREGIONAL MARKETREGIONAL MARKET OPERATORREGIONAL NETWORKREGIONAL ORGANIZATIONSREGIONAL PLANREGIONAL PLANNINGREGIONAL POWERREGIONAL POWER SYSTEMREGIONAL PRODUCTIONREGIONAL PROJECTSREGIONAL REGULATIONSREGIONAL SCHEMEREGIONAL SYSTEMREGIONAL SYSTEMSREGIONAL TRADEREGIONAL TRANSMISSIONREGULATORSREGULATORY AGENCIESREGULATORY AGENCYREGULATORY AUTHORITYREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTSREGULATORY STRUCTURESRENEWABLE FUELRESERVERETAILRETAIL COMPETITIONRETAIL MARKETSRURAL AREASSALESSETTLEMENTSHAREHOLDERSHAREHOLDERSSOCIAL ISSUESSOFT LOANSSOVEREIGN GUARANTEESSPOT MARKETSPOT MARKETSSTARTUPSURPLUSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETELECOMMUNICATIONSTELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURETHERMAL CAPACITYTHERMAL PLANTTHERMAL PLANTSTRADE OPPORTUNITIESTRADESTRADINGTRADING SYSTEMTRANSITIONAL MARKETTRANSMISSION CAPACITYTRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURETRANSMISSION INTERCONNECTIONTRANSMISSION LINETRANSMISSION LINESTRANSMISSION SYSTEMTREATYUTILITIESVOLTAGEWHOLESALE MARKETWHOLESALE MARKETSWINDWIND POWERWORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS10.1596/17503