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taken place in Chile since the late 1980s in the electricity sector. This sector was chosen because the privatization …. The paper also assesses how lessons learned in the reform of electricity were internalized in the design of the regulatory …
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In this technical paper, the author addresses pertinent issues that affect reform in the power sector and the status of current efforts. The objective of the paper is such: 1) It explains the difficulties in achieving a separation of the roles of the State in an environment in which it continues...
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The history of the electric power industry in Latin America has been a continuous search for a formula that would yield a reliable and efficient service, accessible to all. By recognizing the difficulties encountered in the last three decades in implementing all types of models, Market or State?...
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This study compares the levelized cost of electricity generated with fossil fuels (including coal, natural gas, fuel … range of levelized cost of electricity for each technology. In addition, the study examined how the cost of electricity was … and levelized costs of electricity by repowering existing thermal power plants or switching high-carbon fuels to lower …
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This discussion paper presents a survey of the changes in Latin America's energy consumption over the last 30 years, before considering the trends that will affect the region in the coming decades. It highlights several important issues, including the growing demand for oil, which has prompted a...
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on fuel oil in the countries in the Caribbean has led to high generation costs and electricity prices. Introducing …. Section B analyses the implications of introducing natural gas on generation costs, electricity prices, and the viability of … natural gas would decrease both the cost and price of electricity - mainly due to the lower price of natural gas. Additionally …
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This paper (IFM-115) evaluates a set of contractual adjustments, renegotiations and disputes that have taken place in different public utility industries in Argentina since 1991, considering: 1) Whether the decisions analyzed are inside the initial contract or represent a modification of it; 2)...
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The history of the electric power industry in Latin America has been a continuous search for a formula that would yield a reliable and efficient service, accessible to all. By recognizing the difficulties encountered in the last three decades in implementing all types of models, Market or State?...
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public versus private provision. The results in this paper suggest that management of electricity firms by the private sector … leads to a significant improvement in the quality of the provision of electricity. These improvements in quality and supply … of electricity provision yield some efficiency gains in terms of the time allocation of the working labor force that can …
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Private Partnerships (PPPs) in transport, water/sanitation and electricity infrastructure for 19 Latin American and Caribbean …
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