Regulating Transmission : Why System Operators Must Be Truly Independent

Regulating Transmission : Why System Operators Must Be Truly Independent

Which is best for effective competition in power sectors, a separate system operator, a joint-owner operator, or some combination of the two? The question is being hotly debated among power reformers. The answer? Both types of system operators can...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Arizu, Beatriz, Dunn, William H, Jr., Tenenbaum, Bernard
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
TRANSMISSIONS
OWNERSHIP
DECISION MAKING
STAKEHOLDERS ANCILLARY SERVICES
BULK POWER
CONGESTION
DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES
ENERGY BALANCE
ENERGY MARKETS
GENERATORS
GRID
MARKET OPERATOR
MARKET PARTICIPANTS
MII
MONITORS
NETWORKS
POWER
POWER GRID
POWER MARKET
POWER MARKETS
POWER SECTOR
POWER SECTOR REFORM
POWER SYSTEMS
STAKEHOLDERS
STATE-OWNED UTILITIES
SUPPLIERS
TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FACILITIES
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATORS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/1346421/regulating-transmission-system-operators-must-truly-independent
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11404
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Summary:Which is best for effective competition in power sectors, a separate system operator, a joint-owner operator, or some combination of the two? The question is being hotly debated among power reformers. The answer? Both types of system operators can be made to work, singly or in combination. What is critical is that the system operators be truly independent of ownership and control of market participants -- generators, distributors and suppliers. but in many countries they have not been.

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