The Potential of Regional Power Sector Integration : Argentina-Brazil 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 2010-01
Subjects:	APPROACH, AUCTION, AUCTIONS, AVAILABILITY, AVAILABLE CAPACITY, AVERAGE TARIFF, BALANCE, BORDER TRADE, COMMERCIAL ELECTRICITY, COMPETITION IN GENERATION, CONCESSION, CONCESSION CONTRACTS, CONCESSIONS, CONTRACT PRICES, COST OF ENERGY, DEREGULATION, DIESEL, DISPATCH OF GENERATION, DISTRIBUTION CHARGES, DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DOMESTIC DEMAND, DOMESTIC ENERGY, DOMESTIC MARKET, ECONOMIC CRISIS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ELECTRIC ENERGY, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION, ELECTRIC SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY BILL, ELECTRICITY CAPACITY, ELECTRICITY COMPANY, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY DEMAND, ELECTRICITY DEMAND GROWTH, ELECTRICITY EXPORTS, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY GENERATORS, ELECTRICITY GROWTH, ELECTRICITY IMPORTERS, ELECTRICITY INDICATORS, ELECTRICITY LAW, ELECTRICITY MARKET ADMINISTRATION, ELECTRICITY MARKETS, ELECTRICITY PRICES, ELECTRICITY SECTOR, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, ELECTRICITY SYSTEM, ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS, ELECTRICITY TARIFFS, ELECTRICITY TRADE, ELECTRICITY UTILITY, ELECTRIFICATION, END USERS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY CRISIS, ENERGY DEFICIT, ENERGY DEFICITS, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY EXPORTS, ENERGY MARKET, ENERGY NEEDS, ENERGY OUTLOOK, ENERGY POLICIES, ENERGY PRICES, ENERGY PROJECTS, ENERGY RATIONING, ENERGY RESEARCH, ENERGY RESOURCES, ENERGY SECTOR, ENERGY SHORTAGE, ENERGY SUPPLY, ENERGY TRADE, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EXPORTS, FIXED COSTS, FOREIGN DEBT, FUEL, FUEL TYPE, GAS EXPORTS, GAS RESERVES, GAS RESOURCES, GENERATION CAPACITY, GENERATION COSTS, GROWTH RATES, HYDRO GENERATION, HYDRO PROJECT, HYDROPOWER, HYDROPOWER GENERATION, HYDROPOWER PLANT, IMPORT CAPACITY, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, MARGINAL COSTS, MARKET RULES, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION, NATURAL GAS MARKET, NATURAL GAS SUPPLY, NET IMPORTS, OIL, OIL COMPANY, OPEN ACCESS, PEAK DEMAND, PEAK LOAD, PETROLEUM, PIPELINE, PIPELINE PROJECTS, POWER, POWER CAPACITY, POWER COMPANIES, POWER CONTRACTS, POWER DISTRIBUTION, POWER ENGINEERING, POWER FLOWS, POWER POOL, POWER PURCHASE, POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, POWER PURCHASE CONTRACTS, POWER SECTOR, POWER SHORTAGES, POWER SYSTEM, POWER TRADE, POWER TRADING, POWER TRANSMISSION, POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, PUBLIC ASSETS, PUBLIC DEBT, PUBLIC SECTOR, RAINFALL, REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, REGIONAL POWER SYSTEM, REGIONAL POWER TRADE, RESERVE MARGIN, RESERVOIRS, RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, RETAIL TARIFFS, RETAIL UTILITIES, ROUTES, SPOT MARKET, SURPLUS CAPACITY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TARIFF REVISIONS, THERMAL CAPACITY, THERMAL PLANTS, THERMAL POWER, THERMAL POWER PLANTS, TRANSMISSION, TRANSMISSION ASSETS, TRANSMISSION CAPACITY, TRANSMISSION COSTS, TRANSMISSION FACILITIES, TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSMISSION LINE, TRANSMISSION LINES, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, UTILITIES, VEHICLES, VOLTAGE, WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY, WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY MARKET, WHOLESALE MARKET, WHOLESALE PRICE, WORLD ENERGY, WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/17688890/regional-power-sector-integration-lessons-global-case-studies-literature-review-vol-2-14-argentina-brazil-transmission-trading-case-study https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17504
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