Economic Consulting Associates2014-03-312014-03-312010-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17501Developing 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 CHARGESACCESS TO ELECTRICITYALLOCATIONAPPROACHAUCTIONSBALANCEBIOMASSBORDER ELECTRICITY TRADEBORDER TRADEBORDER TRANSMISSIONCAPITAL INTENSITYCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECO2COALCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGESCOMPETITION IN ELECTRICITYCOMPETITION IN GENERATIONCOMPETITION POLICYCOMPETITIVE MARKETSCOMPETITIVE PRICESCONGESTION MANAGEMENTCONNECTION CHARGESCONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEDEFORESTATIONDEMAND MANAGEMENTDEMAND-SIDE RESPONSEDEREGULATIONECONOMIC BENEFITSECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC EFFICIENCYECONOMIC IMPACTSECONOMIC INTEGRATIONECONOMIES OF SCALEEFFICIENCY GAINSEFFICIENT ENERGY USEEFFICIENT LOCATIONEFFICIENT OUTCOMEEFFICIENT PRICEELECTRIC GRIDELECTRIC GRIDSELECTRIC POWERELECTRIC POWER GRIDELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMSELECTRIC TRANSMISSIONELECTRICAL SYSTEMELECTRICITYELECTRICITY GENERATINGELECTRICITY GENERATORSELECTRICITY MARKETELECTRICITY MARKETSELECTRICITY PRICEELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY SYSTEMELECTRICITY UTILITYELECTRIFICATIONEMISSIONSENERGY ECONOMICSENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY INFRASTRUCTUREENERGY MANAGEMENTENERGY MARKETENERGY MARKETSENERGY POLICYENERGY SECURITYENERGY SOURCEENERGY SUPPLYENERGY TRANSMISSIONENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSEXTREME CIRCUMSTANCESFAIRFEASIBILITYFINANCIAL COMMITMENTFIXED COSTSFORWARD CONTRACTSFOSSILFUELFUEL SUPPLYGASGAS TURBINESGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATION DISPATCHGENERATORSGLOBAL WARMINGGOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTSGOVERNMENT GUARANTEESGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE EMISSIONSGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGREENHOUSE GASESHYDRO PLANTHYDROELECTRIC POWERHYDROPOWERIMPORTSINCOMEINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINFRASTRUCTURE POLICYINTERCONNECTION AGREEMENTINTERNATIONAL ENERGYINTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONINVESTMENT COSTSINVESTMENT INCENTIVESJOINT VENTUREJOINT VENTURE PARTNERLAKESLNGLOWER COSTSMARGINAL COSTMARGINAL COSTSMARKET ANALYSISMARKET CONCENTRATIONMARKET CONDITIONSMARKET DEVELOPMENTMARKET FAILURESMARKET FORCESMARKET INFORMATIONMARKET INTEGRATIONMARKET LIBERALIZATIONMARKET POWERMARKET REFORMMARKET RISKSMARKET RULESMARKET STRUCTUREMETHANEMETHANE GASMONOPOLIESMONOPOLYMONOPOLY PRICINGNOXNUCLEAR POWERNUCLEAR POWER STATIONSPAYMENT METHODSPEAK CAPACITYPOLLUTIONPOWERPOWER COMPANYPOWER GRIDSPOWER MARKETSPOWER PURCHASEPOWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTSPOWER SECTORPOWER SECTORSPOWER STATIONPOWER SYSTEMPOWER SYSTEMSPOWER TRADEPPPRICE CHANGESPRICE CONVERGENCEPRICE INCREASEPRICE OF ELECTRICITYPRICE SETTINGPRICE SIGNALSPRICE SPIKESPRICING MECHANISMSPRIVATE CAPITALPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPSCPUBLIC POWERQUANTITATIVE ANALYSISRESERVE MARGINRETAILRETAIL MARKETSRISK MANAGEMENTSPOT MARKETSSPOT PRICESSPREADSUPPLIERSUPPLIERSSURPLUSTHERMAL SYSTEMSTRADE OPPORTUNITIESTRANSMISSION AREASTRANSMISSION CAPACITYTRANSMISSION CONSTRAINTSTRANSMISSION FACILITIESTRANSMISSION INTERCONNECTIONTRANSMISSION LINESTRANSMISSION ORGANIZATIONTRANSMISSION PRICINGTRANSMISSION SYSTEMTRANSMISSION SYSTEMSUNCERTAINTIESUNINTENDED CONSEQUENCESUTILITIESVERTICAL FORECLOSUREVOLTAGEWHOLESALE ELECTRICITYWHOLESALE ELECTRICITY MARKETWHOLESALE MARKET10.1596/17501