Tabla de Contenidos:
  • : 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Economic Adjustment
  • 1.2 Global Trends in Electricity Sector Policy
  • 13 The South American Reform Experience
  • 1.4 A Check List: Best Practice in Electricity Sector Reform
  • 2 POWER SECTOR REFORM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Liberalization
  • 2.3 Regulatory Institutions
  • 2.4 The Development of Electricity Markets and Power Trading
  • 2.5 Restructuring at the Utility Level
  • 2.6 Cross-Border Electricity Markets and EU Enlargement
  • 3 POWER SECTOR POLICIES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERS
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Policy Challenges and Reform Efforts in Individual MPs
  • 4 THE WAY FORWARD: NATIONAL REFORMS AND REGIONAL INITIATIVES
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Regional and National Projects
  • 4.3 Interconnections and Cross-Border Trade
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY: ENERGY WEBSITES AND FURTHER READING
  • DIAGRAMS
  • 1 Global Reform Trends in the Power Sector
  • 2 Sector Reform in the Mediterranean Partners
  • 3 Annual Private Investments in Latin American Power (1990-99)
  • 4 Price Reductions in EU Countries (1996-99)
  • 5 Market Opening in Individual EU Member States
  • 6 Power Sector Reform Indicators By World Region
  • 7 Private Investment in Energy Projects by Region and Type (1990-99)
  • 8 Electricity Prices in Selected MPs
  • BOXES
  • 1 EU Institutions and EU Legislation
  • 2 Energy Regulation and Competition Policy
  • 3 The Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER)
  • 4 a) The European Association of Transmission System Operators (ETSO)
  • b) The Union for the Coordination of the Transmissionof Electricity (UCTE)
  • 5 The Union of the Electricity Industry (EURELECTRIO
  • 6 The Drawbacks of Independent Power Plants (IPPs)
  • 7 Energy and the Environment
  • 8 The Benefits of Good Advice and Transparent Procedures
  • 9 The Development and Regulation of New Gas Market
  • 10 Policy Reform and Utility Restructuring
  • 11 Tariffs and Subsidies
  • 12 WTO, GATT, and GATS
  • 13 WB-EC Cooperation in the Accession Countries
  • 14 Private Investment, Risk, and Public Sector Guarantees
  • 15 The Southern African Power Pool
  • 16 The Baltic Sea Electricity Ring and Power Pool
  • 17 The Energy Charter Treaty
  • TABLES
  • 1 Selected Power Sector Indicators by Country (1998)
  • 2 Status of Power Sector Reform in the 12 Mediterranean Partners.