Economic Consulting Associates2014-03-312014-03-312009-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17520Developing 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 TO ELECTRICITYAPPROACHAVAILABILITYBASINBASIN COUNTRIESBASIN COUNTRYBASIN DEVELOPMENTBASIN INITIATIVEBASIN LEVELBASIN REGIONBASIN STATESBASIN TRUSTBASIN TRUST FUNDBASIN WATERBASIN WATER RESOURCESBIOMASSBORDER ELECTRICITY TRADEBORDER TRADECAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY CHARGESCARBONCARBON CREDITSCARBON FINANCINGCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECO2COALCOAL BED METHANECONCESSIONCONSUMER PROTECTIONCONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITYCONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTSDAMDAM CONSTRUCTIONDEMAND FOR POWERDEMAND FORECASTDISTRIBUTION COMPONENTSDROUGHTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INTEGRATIONELECTRIC ENERGYELECTRIC GRIDSELECTRIC POWERELECTRIC SUPPLYELECTRIC UTILITYELECTRICAL POWERELECTRICITYELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY DEMANDELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY INDICATORSELECTRICITY INDUSTRYELECTRICITY MARKETELECTRICITY PRICEELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORMELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY SYSTEMSELECTRICITY TARIFFSELECTRICITY USAGEELECTRICITY UTILITIESELECTRICITY UTILITYELECTRIFICATIONEMISSIONEMISSIONSENERGY POLICYENERGY PRODUCTIONENERGY RESOURCESENERGY STRATEGYENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSEROSION CONTROLFEASIBILITY STUDY STAGEFLUORESCENT LAMPGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGENERATORSGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITYGOVERNMENT SUBSIDIESGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASESGRID ELECTRICITYGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH IN DEMANDHYDROELECTRIC POWERHYDROPOWERHYDROPOWER PLANTHYDROPOWER POTENTIALHYDROPOWER RESOURCESINDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERSINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTSINFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESJOINT OWNERSHIPKILOWATT-HOURLAKELAKESLOAD FACTORLOAD MANAGEMENTLOAD SHEDDINGLOCAL COMMUNITIESMARKET RULESMETHANE GASMILLION PEOPLENATIONAL GRIDNATURAL GASNEGATIVE IMPACTSOILOIL EQUIVALENTPEAK DEMANDPETROLEUMPOLLUTANTSPOWERPOWER DEVELOPMENTPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GRIDSPOWER MARKETSPOWER POOLSPOWER PRODUCERPOWER PRODUCERSPOWER PROJECTPOWER PROJECTSPOWER PURCHASEPOWER SECTORPOWER SECTORSPOWER STATIONPOWER SUPPLYPOWER SYSTEMPOWER TRADEPOWER TRADINGPPPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPRIVATISATIONPUBLIC SERVICESREGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURERENEWABLE RESOURCESRIPARIANRIPARIAN COUNTRIESRIPARIAN STATERIVERRIVER BASINSRIVER FLOWSRIVER HYDROPOWERRIVER HYDROPOWER PLANTRIVERSSOLAR WATER HEATINGSURFACE AREASURPLUS POWERTHERMAL ENERGYTHERMAL PLANTSTHERMAL SYSTEMTRANSMISSION INTERCONNECTIONTRANSMISSION LINETRANSMISSION LINESUNEPWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWATER UTILITIESWATERSHED MANAGEMENTWIND10.1596/17520