The Single-Buyer Model : A Dangerous Path toward Competitive Electricity Markets

The Single-Buyer Model : A Dangerous Path toward Competitive Electricity Markets

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. Eviden...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lovei, Laszlo
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
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 TRADING
EXTERNALITIES
GENERATION
GENERATION CAPACITY
GENERATORS
LAWS
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET RISK
NATIONAL UTILITY
PAYMENT COLLECTION
POWER PLANTS
POWER PURCHASE
POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
PUBLIC POLICY
TRANSMISSION
WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY
WHOLESALE PRICES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/1346420/single-buyer-model-dangerous-path-toward-competitive-electricity-markets
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11409

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/1346420/single-buyer-model-dangerous-path-toward-competitive-electricity-markets
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11409

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