• DocumentCode
    2198946
  • Title

    Transmission structure in Brazil: organization, evaluation and trends

  • Author

    Barroso, Luiz Augusto ; Bressane, José Marcos ; Thomé, Luiz M. ; Junqueira, Max ; Camargo, Ivan ; Oliveira, Gerson ; Binato, Silvio ; Pereira, Mario Veiga

  • Author_Institution
    Mercados de Energia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    10-10 June 2004
  • Firstpage
    1301
  • Abstract
    This work describes the structure and regulation of transmission-related activities in Brazil, and assesses their effectiveness/limitations when addressing issues such as network expansion, locational pricing, transmission financial rights, and others. The paper also discusses the cross-border energy trading between Brazil and neighbor countries, and the perspectives of an integrated regional electricity market.
  • Keywords
    power markets; power transmission economics; power transmission planning; pricing; Brazil; electricity market; energy trading; power transmission economics; power transmission planning; power transmission structure; transmission locational pricing; transmission network expansion; Costs; Electricity supply industry; Integrated circuit interconnections; Investments; Nuclear power generation; Power generation; Power system interconnection; Power system planning; Power transmission; Pricing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2004. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8465-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PES.2004.1373069
  • Filename
    1373069