Vernstrom, Robert2014-09-302014-09-302001-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20280A 1999 study by the Bank, which summarized the unprecedented opportunity for economic, and environmental benefits for individual countries, and the entire Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) associated with cross-border power trade, concluded that a full trade scenario, could yield significant savings over the next two decades, even before quantifying substantial environmental benefits. Based on these conclusions, GMS member countries were surveyed (attached as an appendix), and, this report compares the status of institutional/regulatory, and commercial policies across the region, to provide background information. Specifically, the focus is on the compatibility of national regulatory systems, especially for wheeling; the compatibility of pricing principles at both production, and transmission; and, the potential barriers to enhanced trade, which are revealed in this review. Section 2 provides a brief review of on-going reforms in member countries. Section 3 compares progress with respect to key regulatory, and commercial issues (particularly pricing) most critical to power trade, noting barriers to expanded power trade revealed through the country comparisons.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO MODERN ENERGYBILATERAL AGREEMENTSBILATERAL CONTRACTSBILATERAL TRADEBORDER TRADEBULK POWERBULK SUPPLYCENTRAL PLANNINGCOMPETITIVE MARKETSCOMPETITIVE POWERCOMPETITIVE POWER MARKETDISCRIMINATORY ACCESSDISCRIMINATORY BASISDISTRIBUTION ASSETSDISTRIBUTION COMPANIESDISTRIBUTION NETWORKDISTRIBUTION UTILITIESDOMESTIC ELECTRICITYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMISTSELECTRIC ENERGYELECTRIC POWERELECTRICITYELECTRICITY IMPORTSELECTRICITY LAWELECTRICITY PRICESELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SUPPLYEMISSIONSEND-USERSENERGY AUTHORITYENERGY CONSUMERSENERGY INDUSTRYENERGY MARKETSENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSIONENERGY RESOURCESENERGY SECTORENERGY SECTOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCEENERGY SOURCESEXPORTSFUELGASGENERATIONGENERATION COMPANIESGENERATORGENERATORSGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGRIDGRID COMPANYGRIDSHYDRO PROJECTIMPORTSINCOMEINDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERSINDEPENDENT REGULATORINDEPENDENT REGULATORSINTERNATIONAL POWER TRADEINTERNATIONAL TRADELEGISLATIONMARGINAL COSTMARKET POWERMINESMODERN ENERGYMONOPOLIESPOTENTIAL INVESTORSPOWERPOWER COMPANIESPOWER COMPANYPOWER ENTERPRISEPOWER GENERATIONPOWER MARKETSPOWER PLANTSPOWER POOLPOWER POOLSPOWER PROJECTSPOWER PURCHASEPOWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTSPOWER SALESPOWER SECTORPOWER SECTOR REFORMPOWER SECTOR REFORMSPOWER SECTORSPOWER SYSTEMPOWER TRADEPOWER TRADINGPOWER UTILITIESPRIVATE OWNERSHIPPRODUCERSPUBLIC HEARINGSREGIONAL POWER MARKETSAVINGSSTATE POWERSTATE POWER CORPORATIONSUPPLY OF POWERSUSTAINABLE ENERGYTRANSMISSIONTRANSMISSION COMPANIESTRANSMISSION COMPANYTRANSMISSION GRIDTRANSMISSION INVESTMENTSTRANSMISSION LINETRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY10.1596/20280