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spelling okr-10986-114092021-06-14T10:57:03Z The Single-Buyer Model : A Dangerous Path toward Competitive Electricity Markets Lovei, Laszlo MARKET COMPETITION PROCUREMENT INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CORRUPTION PAYMENTS CONTINGENT LIABILITY ELECTRICITY TRADE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS ENERGY PRICES ENERGY DEMAND WHOLESALE TRADE AGGREGATION COAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY COMPANY ELECTRICITY FROM GENERATORS ELECTRICITY MARKETS ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY PURCHASES ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY TRADE ELECTRICITY TRADING EXTERNALITIES GENERATION GENERATION CAPACITY GENERATORS INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS LAWS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET RISK NATIONAL UTILITY PAYMENT COLLECTION POWER PLANTS POWER PURCHASE POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS PUBLIC POLICY TRANSMISSION WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY WHOLESALE PRICES Many Asian, African and Eastern European countries freeing up their electricity markets are preserving an artificial monopoly over the wholesale trading of electricity even after the vertically integrated national power company is unbundled. Evidence so far suggests that this single buyer model has major disadvantages in developing countries: it invites corruption, weakens payment discipline, and imposes contingent liabilities on the government. These disadvantages in most cases overshadow the higher short-term costs of a bilateral contracts model where generators contract with customers. 2012-08-13T14:59:25Z 2012-08-13T14:59:25Z 2000-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/1346420/single-buyer-model-dangerous-path-toward-competitive-electricity-markets Viewpoint. -- Note no. 225 (December 2000) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11409 English Viewpoint CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research
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topic MARKET COMPETITION
PROCUREMENT
INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
CORRUPTION
PAYMENTS
CONTINGENT LIABILITY
ELECTRICITY TRADE
POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
ENERGY PRICES
ENERGY DEMAND
WHOLESALE TRADE AGGREGATION
COAL
DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY COMPANY
ELECTRICITY FROM GENERATORS
ELECTRICITY MARKETS
ELECTRICITY PRICES
ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
ELECTRICITY PURCHASES
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
ELECTRICITY TRADE
ELECTRICITY TRADING
EXTERNALITIES
GENERATION
GENERATION CAPACITY
GENERATORS
INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS
LAWS
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET RISK
NATIONAL UTILITY
PAYMENT COLLECTION
POWER PLANTS
POWER PURCHASE
POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
PUBLIC POLICY
TRANSMISSION
WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY
WHOLESALE PRICES
spellingShingle MARKET COMPETITION
PROCUREMENT
INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
CORRUPTION
PAYMENTS
CONTINGENT LIABILITY
ELECTRICITY TRADE
POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
ENERGY PRICES
ENERGY DEMAND
WHOLESALE TRADE AGGREGATION
COAL
DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY COMPANY
ELECTRICITY FROM GENERATORS
ELECTRICITY MARKETS
ELECTRICITY PRICES
ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
ELECTRICITY PURCHASES
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
ELECTRICITY TRADE
ELECTRICITY TRADING
EXTERNALITIES
GENERATION
GENERATION CAPACITY
GENERATORS
INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS
LAWS
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET RISK
NATIONAL UTILITY
PAYMENT COLLECTION
POWER PLANTS
POWER PURCHASE
POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
PUBLIC POLICY
TRANSMISSION
WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY
WHOLESALE PRICES
Lovei, Laszlo
The Single-Buyer Model : A Dangerous Path toward Competitive Electricity Markets
relation Viewpoint
description Many Asian, African and Eastern European countries freeing up their electricity markets are preserving an artificial monopoly over the wholesale trading of electricity even after the vertically integrated national power company is unbundled. Evidence so far suggests that this single buyer model has major disadvantages in developing countries: it invites corruption, weakens payment discipline, and imposes contingent liabilities on the government. These disadvantages in most cases overshadow the higher short-term costs of a bilateral contracts model where generators contract with customers.
format Publications & Research :: Viewpoint
author Lovei, Laszlo
author_facet Lovei, Laszlo
author_sort Lovei, Laszlo
title The Single-Buyer Model : A Dangerous Path toward Competitive Electricity Markets
title_short The Single-Buyer Model : A Dangerous Path toward Competitive Electricity Markets
title_full The Single-Buyer Model : A Dangerous Path toward Competitive Electricity Markets
title_fullStr The Single-Buyer Model : A Dangerous Path toward Competitive Electricity Markets
title_full_unstemmed The Single-Buyer Model : A Dangerous Path toward Competitive Electricity Markets
title_sort single-buyer model : a dangerous path toward competitive electricity markets
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/1346420/single-buyer-model-dangerous-path-toward-competitive-electricity-markets
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