Increasing energy costs underline the need for more efficient management of energy supply and demand to maintain economic growth, especially in the developing countries where resources are scarce. Combining...
This paper provides a summary of recent developments in electricity supply reliability, pricing, and system planning with emphasis on the close interrelationships among these aspects. By focusing attention...
The rapid rise in energy costs, especially oil prices, has created major dislocations in the economies of most oil-importing countries. The exploitation of domestic energy resources is one means of mitigating...
A new approach to electric power system planning is presented using an economic criterion for system optimization. The conventional method of power system planning relies on the minimization of system...
The planning of new electrical generation facilities and the potential uses of the new energy technologies in rural areas are discussed. The discussion is conducted in an interview format with an energy...
A theoretical framework for measuring residential outage costs is presented and empirically tested using the results of a survey of household electricity consumers in the city of Cascavel, Brazil. The...
In recent years, decision makers in an increasing number of countries have realized that energy sector planning should be carried out on an integrated basis within the framework of a national energy master...
This paper presents a framework for electric power pricing which is especially appropriate to the developing countries. It contains a review of the basic theory of marginal cost pricing applicable to the...
A generalized simulation model for optimizing the reliability level of electrical supply is described. The model is applied to a case study of Cascavel, Brazil to determine a range of optimum reliability...
Whereas the problems of definition and practical interpretation of marginal costs are common to both developed and developing countries, in the latter difficulties due to market distortions, income disparities...
The standards of reliability of electricity supply have hitherto been determined on a rule-of-thumb basis. The heavy investments in electric power and the scarcity of capital in developing countries suggest...