India - Long-term Energy Issues : Post-2003 Electricity Act, Power Sector Challenges and Options

With the aim of supporting the Government of India and interested states to advance the implementation of the Electricity Act 2003, in 2005-06 the Bank commissioned short case studies, organized workshops to build consensus around promising approaches to improve electricity distribution services in India - June 3, 2005; and heighten awareness of the potential role of retail competition. Given the mixed success of distribution privatization in India and elsewhere, the original concept for distribution reform was modified to include institutional arrangements other than privatization - effective corporatization, market segmentation, public-private partnerships, etc. - as a ways to improve the governance and quality of electricity distribution services.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2006-05-24
Subjects:	ADVOCACY, BALANCE, BEST PRACTICES, BUDGET PROCESS, CONSENSUS, CONSULTATION, CONSUMERS, COST RECOVERY, CREDIBILITY, CUSTOMER BASE, CUSTOMER SERVICE, CUSTOMER SERVICES, DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS, DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISCRIMINATION, DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES, DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES, DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS, DISTRIBUTION PRIVATIZATION, DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION, ELECTRICITY MARKET, ELECTRICITY SERVICES, EMERGING MARKETS, ENERGY AUDIT, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY SHORTAGE, EXPOSURE, FEASIBILITY, FRANCHISEES, GENERATION, GENERATION CAPACITY, GENERATORS, HUMAN RESOURCE, INCUMBENT SERVICE PROVIDER, INFORMATION FLOWS, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, MARKET SEGMENTATION, MARKET SEGMENTS, MONOPOLY, OPEN ACCESS, OPEN ACCESS REGIME, OUTPUTS, POLICY FORMULATION, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POTENTIAL INVESTORS, POWER, POWER DEMAND, POWER PLANTS, POWER SECTOR, POWER SYSTEM, PREPARATION, PRICE SIGNALS, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PRIVATE INVESTORS, PRIVATE OPERATORS, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION, PRIVATIZATION PROCESS, PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, REFORM PROGRAM, REGULATORS, REGULATORY AUTHORITIES, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RESULT, RESULTS, RETAIL COMPETITION, SERVICE PROVIDER, SERVICE PROVIDERS, STAKEHOLDERS, SUPPLIERS, TAX, TAX REVENUES, TRAINING WORKSHOP, TRANSMISSION, TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSMISSION PRICING, TRANSPARENCY, UTILITIES, VILLAGES, VOLTAGE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/16344139/india-long-term-energy-issues-post-2003-electricity-act-power-sector-challenges-options https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12998
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