Abstract
Developing economies and emerging markets worldwide are set to experience a significant increase in their electricity system financing needs as their electricity demand expands alongside their ambitions for increased regional electricity trade—all of which is underpinned by an ongoing process of power sector reform. However, in this context, they face the dual challenge of decarbonising their electricity systems and ensuring the security of supply to their economies. This chapter revisits the status of power sector reforms in non-OECD Asia and Latin America. It draws new policy lessons from recent experiences, focusing on the re-emerging role of the state in electricity provision, highlighting how government involvement in the sector continues despite the pursuit of wholesale electricity market restructuring and liberalisation, which has thus far failed to meet the financing and investment needs of the electricity sector. Electricity market reforms can involve private and public sector financing using approaches based on ‘competition in the market’ and ‘competition for the market’. We argue that underdeveloped institutional capacity and a lack of effective governance remain impediments to any reform process, requiring effective regulation and an institutional framework that evolves alongside the pursuit of market-oriented reforms in the era of climate change.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Revisiting Electricity Market Reforms : Lessons for ASEAN and East Asia |
Editors | Han Phoumin, Rabindra Nepal, Fukunari Kimura, Gazi Salah Uddin, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary |
Number of pages | 25 |
Place of Publication | Singapore |
Publisher | Springer |
Publication date | 2022 |
Pages | 1–25 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789811942655 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811942662 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- Power sector
- Market reforms
- Non-OECD Asia
- Government
- Private sector
- Latin America