Current and Forthcoming Issues in the South African Electricity Sector

One of the contentious issues in electricity reform is whether there are significant gains from restructuring systems that are moderately well run. South Africa's electricity system is a case in point. The sector's state-owned utility, Es...

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Main Authors:	Kessides, Ioannis N., Bogetic, Zeljko, Maurer, Luiz
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ASSET MANAGEMENT AVAILABILITY AVERAGE TARIFF BALANCE CAPACITY EXPANSION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENT COSTS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE COAL COAL GAS COAL PRODUCER COAL RESERVES COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS COMPETITIVE BIDDING CONSUMER OF COAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COST RECOVERY DISTRIBUTION ASSETS DISTRIBUTION BUSINESSES DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION ELECTRIC UTILITIES ELECTRICAL ENERGY ELECTRICAL GENERATION ELECTRICAL GRID ELECTRICAL POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS ELECTRICITY EXCHANGE ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ELECTRICITY MARKET ELECTRICITY MARKETS ELECTRICITY NETWORKS ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY REFORMS ELECTRICITY REGULATION ELECTRICITY REGULATOR ELECTRICITY RESTRUCTURING ELECTRICITY REVENUE ELECTRICITY SALES ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY SYSTEM ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS ELECTRICITY TARIFFS ELECTRICITY UTILITIES ELECTRIFICATION ENERGY GENERATION ENERGY LOSSES ENERGY POLICIES ENERGY POLICY ENERGY RESEARCH ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SUPPLY ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE EXCESS POWER FINAL CUSTOMERS FINANCIAL VIABILITY FOREIGN CURRENCY DEBT FOREIGN INVESTORS GAS FIELDS GAS TURBINE GAS TURBINES GENERATING CAPACITY GENERATING UNITS GENERATION GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES GROWTH IN DEMAND HYDROELECTRIC STATIONS HYDROPOWER INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY INVESTMENT INCENTIVES INVESTMENT PROGRAM KEROSENE NATURAL GAS NETWORK PLANNING NUCLEAR POWER NUCLEAR POWER STATION OIL PEAK DEMAND PEAK POWER PEAK POWER GENERATION PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PLANT PERFORMANCE PLANT RELIABILITY POWER POWER DISTRIBUTION POWER PLANT POWER PLANT CONSTRUCTION POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR REFORM POWER SHORTAGES POWER STATION POWER STATIONS POWER SYSTEM PRICE INCREASES PRICE OF ELECTRICITY PRIMARY ENERGY PRIMARY FUEL PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PUBLIC UTILITY RECOVERABLE COAL RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS RETAIL ELECTRICITY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SUPPLY INTERRUPTIONS SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY SURPLUS CAPACITY SYNTHETIC FUELS TARIFF ADJUSTMENTS TAX RATE TRANSMISSION ASSETS TRANSMISSION CAPACITY TURBINE GENERATOR TURBINE GENERATORS VOLTAGE WORLD ENERGY WORLD OIL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7524355/current-forthcoming-issues-south-african-electricity-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7026