DocumentCode
793517
Title
California Crisis Influences Further Reforms in Latin America
Author
Rudnick, Hugh
Author_Institution
Univ. Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Volume
22
Issue
8
fYear
2002
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The electric energy industry in Latin America has faced a profound transformation, with no parallel worldwide. This paper describes how the privatisation path is still being defined, but clearly the naive approach to an ideal unregulated bid-based spot exchange market has been discarded.
Keywords
electricity supply industry; California; Latin America; USA; electric energy industry; electricity crisis; power industry reforms; unregulated bid-based spot exchange market; Contracts; Costs; Government; Hydroelectric power generation; Investments; Natural gas; Power generation economics; Pricing; Security; Shape;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Power Engineering Review, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0272-1724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MPER.2002.1021357
Filename
1021357
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