The Potential of Regional Power Sector Integration : South African Power Pool Transmission and Trading Case Study

Developing 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.

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Main Author: Economic Consulting Associates
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-10
Subjects:ABATEMENT, ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, AIR, AIR POLLUTION, AMOUNT OF POWER, APPROACH, AQUATIC LIFE, ASBESTOS, AUCTION, AVERAGE TARIFFS, BLACKOUTS, BROWNOUTS, CALCULATION, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPACITY EXPANSION, CAPITAL COSTS, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION, CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, CHEAPER POWER, CHEMICALS, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CO, CO2, COAL, COAL GENERATION, COAL RESOURCES, COATINGS, CONGESTION PROBLEMS, CONTRACT PRICES, CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, COPPER, COST OF CAPITAL, COST OF ELECTRICITY, CPI, DAMS, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, DIESEL, DIESEL POWER, DOMESTIC CUSTOMERS, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC CRISIS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, ECONOMICS, ELECTRICAL POWER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY DEMAND, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITY, ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE, ELECTRICITY MARKET, ELECTRICITY PRICES, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, ELECTRICITY REGULATOR, ELECTRICITY SECTOR, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS, ELECTRICITY TARIFFS, ELECTRICITY TRADE, ELECTRICITY UTILITIES, ELECTRICITY UTILITY, ELECTRIFICATION, EMISSION REDUCTIONS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY GENERATION, ENERGY NEEDS, ENERGY OFFICIALS, ENERGY POLICY, ENERGY RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EVAPORATION, EXCESS ELECTRICITY, FINANCIAL VIABILITY, FISH, FUEL, FUEL COST, GAS, GAS PLANTS, GAS POWER PLANTS, GAS PROJECT, GAS TURBINE, GAS TURBINES, GENERATING CAPACITY, GENERATION, GENERATION CAPACITY, GENERATORS, GLOBAL WARMING, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GASES, GRIDS, GROWTH IN DEMAND, GROWTH RATES, HYDROELECTRIC POTENTIAL, HYDROPOWER, INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS, INVESTMENT COSTS, INVESTMENT PROGRAM, JOINT VENTURE, JOINT VENTURE PARTNER, KILOWATT-HOUR, LAKES, LOAD SHEDDING, MARGINAL COST, MARGINAL COSTS, MARKET COMPETITIVENESS, MARKET CONDITIONS, MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY, MERCURY, METHANE, MINES, NET BENEFITS, NET IMPORTS, NUCLEAR CAPACITY, NUCLEAR POWER, NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION, NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, NUCLEAR POWER STATION, NUTRIENTS, OIL, OIL RESOURCES, OIL SPILLS, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, ORGANIC MATERIAL, ORGANIC POLLUTANTS, PCB, PEAK DEMAND, POLLUTANTS, POLLUTERS, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS, POWER, POWER COMPANY, POWER CONSERVATION, POWER CONTRACT, POWER CORPORATION, POWER CRISIS, POWER DEMAND, POWER DEVELOPMENT, POWER FLOWS, POWER GENERATION, POWER GRID, POWER INVESTMENTS, POWER LINES, POWER MARKETS, POWER PLANTS, POWER POOLS, POWER PRODUCERS, POWER PURCHASE, POWER RESOURCES, POWER SECTOR, POWER SHORTAGES, POWER STATION, POWER STATIONS, POWER SUPPLIES, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SYSTEM, POWER SYSTEMS, POWER TRADE, POWER TRADING, POWER TRANSMISSION, PRESENT VALUE, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION, PVC, RAINFALL, RAW MATERIAL, REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RELIABILITY OF SUPPLY, RENTAL CHARGE, REVENUE COLLECTION, RIVER BASINS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SURPLUS POWER, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, THERMAL POWER, THERMAL POWER PLANTS, THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES, TOLL, TRANSMISSION ASSETS, TRANSMISSION CAPACITY, TRANSMISSION CONSTRAINTS, TRANSMISSION FACILITIES, TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSMISSION LINES, TRANSMISSION PRICING, TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, UTILITIES, UTILITY REGULATION, VOLTAGE, WATER DEMAND, WATER QUALITY, WATER UTILITIES,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/10/17689600/regional-power-sector-integration-lessons-global-case-studies-literature-review-vol-11-14-south-african-power-pool-sapp-transmission-trading-case-study
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17509
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