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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2004. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8465-2
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2004.1373069
