Competitive Power Markets Draw Central Asian Energy Delegation to U.S.
In July 2007, USAID’s Regional Energy Markets Assistance Program (REMAP) organized a trip for ministry officials, utility specialists, and regulatory officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan to examine how wholesale electricity markets operate in the U.S. Participants visited PJM Interconnection, the independent operator of the largest wholesale electricity market in the U.S., power sector entities that participate in the power market operated by PJM, and regulatory authorities responsible for ensuring fair, efficient, and reliable operation of competitive power markets.
Participants reported that meetings with U.S counterparts, electricity traders, transmission owners, load serving entities, and regulatory authorities increased their understanding of how developed competitive power markets work.
REMAP also plans a regional workshop, at which information from the study tour will be used to draft a conceptual model of a regional electricity market.
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Study tour participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan learned about wholesale electricity markets first-hand from their American counterparts
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