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 cooperatio...

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Main Author:	Economic Consulting Associates
Format:	ESMAP Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17509