A RESTRUCTURED NORTH AMERICAN POWER SECTOR

Article Abstract:

In this article Richard Drouin, partner at McCarthy Tetrault and former president and chief executive officer of Hydro Quebec, and Ilan Dunsky analyze the changing electricity industry in Canada and the U.S. The article discusses how legislation in the U.S. has enabled the U.S. industry to open up to non-utility electricity generators and removed barriers to the use of the North American transmission network. The article also discusses how although deregulation is occurring more cautiously in Canada, the industry is still changing.

United States, Canada, Strategy & planning, Market information - general, Financial analysis, Electric, Gas & Water Utilities, Energy industries, Energy industry, Public utilities

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Plan to light up Central American states

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An electricity transmission grid costing 350 million US dollars is to be built to distribute electricity all over Central America. The Central Electric Interconnection System was first conceived in 1996. The state-owned El Salvador electricity distribution service EEGSA will be offered to telecommunications industry bidders in Apr 1998. EEGSA provides electricity for Guatemala City, Guatemala, Antigua, Guatemala, and Escuintla, Antigua.

Economic policy, Central America

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Mixed fortunes and changing positions

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The Guyana electricity privatization programme has encountered difficulties. Canadian electricity company SaskPower Commercial will no longer be purchasing half of the Guyana Electricity Corporation. Government representatives anticipate further programme delays due to the current political climate. The state-owned Dominican Republic company Dominican Electricity Corporation will be sold to the private sector.

Energy policy, Dominican Republic, Guyana

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