Economic Consulting Associates2014-03-312014-03-312009-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17508Developing 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 RIGHTSACCESS TO MARKETSAMOUNT OF POWERAPPROACHAUCTIONAUCTIONSAVAILABILITYBALANCEBORDER ELECTRICITY TRADEBORDER TRADEBORDER TRANSMISSIONBUYERSCAPABILITIESCAPABILITYCOALCOLLECTION OF DATACOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURECOMPETITION IN SUPPLYCONGESTION MANAGEMENTCONNECTION COSTSCONSUMER PRICESCONTESTABILITYCONTRACT MARKETCUSTOMER BASEDECISION MAKINGDEMAND FORECASTDEMAND GROWTHDEREGULATIONDISTRIBUTION ASSETSDISTRIBUTION CHARGESDISTRIBUTION COMPANIESDOMESTIC PRICESECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC COOPERATIONELECTRICAL ENERGYELECTRICAL POWERELECTRICITYELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY DEMANDELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY INDUSTRYELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTUREELECTRICITY MARKETELECTRICITY PRICESELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY SYSTEMELECTRICITY SYSTEMSELECTRICITY UTILITIESELECTRIFICATIONENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY COSTSENERGY INFRASTRUCTURESENERGY PRICESENERGY RESOURCESENERGY SOURCESEXPORTSFAIRFEASIBILITY STUDIESFEASIBILITY STUDYFINANCIAL INSTRUMENTFORECASTSFOSSILFOSSIL FUELFUELGASGDPGENERATING CAPACITYGENERATING UNITSGENERATIONGENERATION ASSETSGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATION COSTSGENERATORSGOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTSGOVERNMENT OWNERSHIPGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGRID CONNECTIONGRID OPERATORSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH IN DEMANDGROWTH IN DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITYGROWTH RATESHOUSEHOLD DEMANDHYDROELECTRIC PLANTSINDUSTRIAL PRICESINDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIONINFORMATION PROVISIONINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINFRASTRUCTURE PLANNINGINFRASTRUCTURE ­ FINANCINGINSTITUTIONINTERNATIONAL ENERGYINVESTMENT OBLIGATIONSITCLEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENTLEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORKLNGMANAGEMENT SERVICESMARGINAL COSTMONOPOLYNATURAL GASNETWORK ACCESSNETWORK BUILDINGNETWORK OPERATORSNETWORKSOILORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTUREPDFPEAK DEMANDPHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTUREPIPELINEPOWERPOWER GENERATIONPOWER PRODUCERSPOWER SECTORPOWER SYSTEMPOWER SYSTEMSPRICE CONTROLPRICE CONTROLSPRICE CONVERGENCEPRICE REGULATIONPROTOCOLRELIABILITYRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCERENEWABLE SOURCERENEWABLE SOURCESRESERVE REQUIREMENTSRESIDENTIAL CONSUMERSRESULTRESULTSRETAILRETAIL COMPETITIONRETAIL TARIFFSSALESECURITY STANDARDSSOCIAL ISSUESSTANDARDIZATIONSUPPLIERSUPPLIERSSUPPLY CONTRACTSURPLUSESSYSTEM DEVELOPMENTTARGETSTAXATIONTECHNICAL ISSUESTECHNICAL REQUIREMENTTHERMAL CAPACITYTHERMAL PLANTSTRANSMISSION CAPACITYTRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURETRANSMISSION LINETRANSMISSION LINESTRANSMISSION LOSSESTRANSMISSION ORGANIZATIONTRANSMISSION SYSTEMTRANSMISSION SYSTEMSTRANSMISSIONSUSERSUSESVERTICAL INTEGRATIONVOLTAGEWEALTHWHOLESALE MARKETSWHOLESALE PRICESWINDWIND FARMSWIND GENERATING CAPACITYWIND GENERATIONWIND POWERWIND PROJECTSWIND TURBINE10.1596/17508