Publications
A survey of GMS member countries and a comparative report on the status of institutional/regulatory and
commercial policies across the region to provide background information to the Workshop held 7-8 December 2000 in Vientiane. The survey document is reproduced in the Appendix.
The report focuses on
> the compatibility of national regulatory systems, especially for wheeling;
> the compatibility of pricing principles at both production and transmission; and
> the potential barriers to enhanced trade which are revealed in this review.
Participants completed the survey for their respective countries, providing the most current information available on the status of these issues and in the near term future after on-going sector reforms are implemented.
Detailed survey questionnaire responses from each country are the basis for this study. In the
report, however, responses have been simplified to facilitate regional comparisons.
The report includes a brief review of on-going reforms in member countries and compares progress with respect to key regulatory and commercial issues (especially pricing) most critical to power trade, noting barriers to expanded power trade revealed through the country comparisons.
ESMAP. 2001. Development of a Regional Power Market in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS): Compatibility of Regulatory Systems and Pricing Principles (Results of a Survey Conducted with the GMS Countries). ESMAP Technical Paper 015. Washington, DC: World Bank.
