Costa Rica’s electricity sector: application of structural analysis to define key variables neoclassical reform

Costa Rica’s electricity sector: application of structural analysis to define key variables neoclassical reform

Authors

  • Roberto Jiménez Gómez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v2i2.158

Keywords:

Electricity sector reform, structural analysis, forecasting, electricity market, electricity prices, competition and planning, electricity generation sources

Abstract

I applied a Structural Analysis to identify the variables that have a greater effect on the electrical system of Costa Rica. The procedure identifies current and future variables, and the actors who can influence them, to generate scenarios of a power sector reform. The main variables are: national wholesale market, decoupling degree of electric industry organizations, competition in electricity generation, political influence in decision making, and power generation potential.

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Vol 2. No 2 (2010)

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2010-12-01

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Jiménez Gómez, R. (2010). Costa Rica’s electricity sector: application of structural analysis to define key variables neoclassical reform. UNED Research Journal, 2(2), 205–230. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v2i2.158

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