Status of Russian power sector liberalization

Author

Palamarchuk, S.I. ; Lamoureux, M.A. ; Voropai, N.I.

Author_Institution

Energy Syst. Inst., Irkutsk

fYear

2008

fDate

6-9 April 2008

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

88

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DRPT.2008.4523383

Filename

4523383