Reforming the Russian Electricity Sector
Russia's power system is enormous consisting of more than 200 gigawatts of generation capacity, most of it interconnected by 2.5 million kilometers of high-voltage transmission lines spanning an area only slightly smaller than the United State...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/04/441758/reforming-russian-electricity-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11556 |
| Summary: | Russia's power system is enormous
consisting of more than 200 gigawatts of generation
capacity, most of it interconnected by 2.5 million
kilometers of high-voltage transmission lines spanning an
area only slightly smaller than the United States and Canada
combined. In early 1997 the Russian government approved in
principle the now-common model of electricity sector reform:
vertically separating generation, transmission, and
distribution; introducing competition where possible;
strengthening the regulation of functions less amenable to
competition; and divesting government ownership. This model
has been implemented in many countries, and the story of the
reform would be relatively routine if not for special
characteristics of the Russian power system: its size,
diverse ownership, high level of nonpayments, and the
combined heat and power role of many generating plants. This
Note outlines the challenges posed by these characteristics
and reports on reform achievements so far. |
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