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Africa: no longer a private-power pariah

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African governments have started to scrap policies that have sustained government monopolies over electricity and water supply systems while blocking foreign capital and technology exchange. At the center of the movement are efforts to privatize or seek help from the private sector.

Author: Lacoursiere, Catherine
Publisher: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Publication Name: Electrical World
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0013-4457
Year: 1996
Management, Energy policy, Africa

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Hedging strategies: developers find new paths to project finance

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Financial institutions and electric power project developers are adopting new strategies for project finance, spurred by independent power producers' shift away from power-purchase agreements. Their main aim is to strengthen equity investments.

Author: Lacoursiere, Catherine
Publisher: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Publication Name: Electrical World
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0013-4457
Year: 1996
Project management, Finance, Cover Story

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Finance: insure against takeovers, price spikes, stranded assets

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Insurance firms are competing with Wall Street firms in providing alternative risk-management products for electric utilities. Utilities are concerned about stranded costs, abrupt hikes in energy prices and hostile takeovers.

Author: Lacoursiere, Catherine
Publisher: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Publication Name: Electrical World
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0013-4457
Year: 1997
Financial services industry, Financial services, Marketing, Risk management, Insurance

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