Greater Mekong Subregion

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Regional Power Interconnection and Power Trade Arrangements

Objective

The goal of regional cooperation in energy is to promote a commercially-based energy system that reliably and competitively supplies electricity to all areas of the subregion in a manner that minimizes environmental and social costs.

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Participating Countries

Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam for investment projects; all six GMS countries for technical assistance

Programs and Projects

1. Group 1. Financing the construction of transmission lines and associated stations to interconnect various national power systems, which would comprise the subregional grid. First phase investments will be put into the eastern side of the Greater Mekong, to link Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam along the East-West Corridor route;
2. Group 2. Mobilizing private sector investments in power through an improved policy and regulatory climate;
3. Group 3. Implementing a power market trading system consistent with encouraging power sector investments, including structuring power tariffs on a commercial basis; and
4. Group 4. Developing a corps of technical personnel (human resource development) for integrated power sector operations.

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