Title :
Status of Russian power sector liberalization
Author :
Palamarchuk, S.I. ; Lamoureux, M.A. ; Voropai, N.I.
Author_Institution :
Energy Syst. Inst., Irkutsk
Abstract :
Development of market mechanisms is an important element of power industry liberalization. This paper describes the situation in the Russian power industry after the first stage of reform in the 1990s and presents an overview of the status of power sector liberalization. A new legislative base in the area of electricity supply has opened new perspectives for further market transformations. Some technical characteristics of the industry are given. Necessary conditions for investment attraction are analyzed. External influence on policy making in the industry´s reform is discussed.
Keywords :
government policies; investment; power markets; Russian power industry; electricity supply; investment; market mechanisms; market transformations; power industry liberalization; Dispatching; Electricity supply industry; Energy management; Fuel economy; Investments; Nuclear power generation; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power industry; Power system economics; electricity markets; investment attraction; liberalization; market regulation; power industry restructuring; world experience;
Conference_Titel :
Electric Utility Deregulation and Restructuring and Power Technologies, 2008. DRPT 2008. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjuing
Print_ISBN :
978-7-900714-13-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-7-900714-13-8
DOI :
10.1109/DRPT.2008.4523383
