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Private sector participation (PSP) models in electricity transmission

May 10, 2018

Electricity transmission networks are natural monopolies and traditionally have been handled by a single national (or in larger countries, provincial) state-owned company or a single national private company. However, in recent years, competition has been introduced for specific assets to build, own and operate the assets and sell the transmission services to the national utility or other users. Is this model of interest to the wider world more generally, or only for developed nations? READ ECA VIEWPOINT HERE