Distribution Investment Regulation : Principles and Practices in Power Sector of Armenia

The objective of this study is to identify the factors that need to be improved in the existing regulatory framework with respect to regulation of investments at the power distribution level. The study was initiated by the World Bank to inform the...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Technical Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/333591561760473422/Distribution-Investment-Regulation-Principles-and-Practices-in-Power-Sector-of-Armenia
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spelling okr-10986-321082021-05-25T09:26:04Z Distribution Investment Regulation : Principles and Practices in Power Sector of Armenia World Bank INVESTMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ENERGY INVESTMENT COMMERCIAL METERING POWER OUTAGE VOLTAGE FLUCTUATION POWER DISTRIBUTION The objective of this study is to identify the factors that need to be improved in the existing regulatory framework with respect to regulation of investments at the power distribution level. The study was initiated by the World Bank to inform the thinking of Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) on further improvements that may be required in the process of preparation, review and approval of investments for power distribution company and some other incremental improvements in the regulatory framework for the power distribution. The primary aim of those improvements is to increase the efficiency of investments and clearly link those to the quality of electricity service for consumers. This link is currently not well-established, and the investment program submitted by the power distribution company does not clearly justify the relevant investments by the quantitative targets of electricity supply improvements. Additionally, there are some other inefficiencies in regulatory framework and end-user tariff structure. The study focuses exclusively on the investment planning, review, and approval issues related to power distribution company. 2019-07-16T21:08:45Z 2019-07-16T21:08:45Z 2019-06 Technical Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/333591561760473422/Distribution-Investment-Regulation-Principles-and-Practices-in-Power-Sector-of-Armenia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32108 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: ESMAP Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Armenia
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topic INVESTMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
ENERGY INVESTMENT
COMMERCIAL METERING
POWER OUTAGE
VOLTAGE FLUCTUATION
POWER DISTRIBUTION
spellingShingle INVESTMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
ENERGY INVESTMENT
COMMERCIAL METERING
POWER OUTAGE
VOLTAGE FLUCTUATION
POWER DISTRIBUTION
World Bank
Distribution Investment Regulation : Principles and Practices in Power Sector of Armenia
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Armenia
description The objective of this study is to identify the factors that need to be improved in the existing regulatory framework with respect to regulation of investments at the power distribution level. The study was initiated by the World Bank to inform the thinking of Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) on further improvements that may be required in the process of preparation, review and approval of investments for power distribution company and some other incremental improvements in the regulatory framework for the power distribution. The primary aim of those improvements is to increase the efficiency of investments and clearly link those to the quality of electricity service for consumers. This link is currently not well-established, and the investment program submitted by the power distribution company does not clearly justify the relevant investments by the quantitative targets of electricity supply improvements. Additionally, there are some other inefficiencies in regulatory framework and end-user tariff structure. The study focuses exclusively on the investment planning, review, and approval issues related to power distribution company.
format Technical Paper
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Distribution Investment Regulation : Principles and Practices in Power Sector of Armenia
title_short Distribution Investment Regulation : Principles and Practices in Power Sector of Armenia
title_full Distribution Investment Regulation : Principles and Practices in Power Sector of Armenia
title_fullStr Distribution Investment Regulation : Principles and Practices in Power Sector of Armenia
title_full_unstemmed Distribution Investment Regulation : Principles and Practices in Power Sector of Armenia
title_sort distribution investment regulation : principles and practices in power sector of armenia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/333591561760473422/Distribution-Investment-Regulation-Principles-and-Practices-in-Power-Sector-of-Armenia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32108
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