Contents
Tables, Figures and Boxes
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Preface
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Executive summary
Motivations/objectives for trade
The trade solution put in place (or attempted)
Progress against targets
Context for trade
Economic and political context
Members of the Greater Mekong Subregion
Economic context
National power markets
Supply options
Demand
Energy tariffs
Retail tariffs
Marginal cost comparisons
Prices of other fuels
History of scheme
Overview including timeline/chronology
The GMS Program
The power market’s stages
Other regional power market initiatives
Project concept, objectives, and development
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Concept and objectives
Development
“Omitted” areas
Feasibility studies done
Assets built and planned resulting from the scheme
Interconnections and electricity trade
Environmental and social issues
Environmental and social impacts
Carbon emissions savings
Institutional arrangements
Organizations to govern and coordinate the scheme
Electric Power Forum
Regional Power Trade Coordinating Committee
Focal Group
Planning Working Group
Proposed institutions
Role of national governments and regional institutions
Regulatory agencies
Role of outside agencies
Contractual, financial and pricing arrangements
Contracts
Ownership and finance
Pricing arrangements
Future plans
Vientiane Plan of Action
Regional Cross Border Trade Road Map
Physical interconnections
Major issues
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National power markets
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China (Yunnan and Guangxi)
Lao PDR
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Thailand
Vietnam
Electricity supply
Electricity demand
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Tables, Figures and Boxes
Tables, Figures and Boxes
Tables
Table 1 GMS Member Country Economic Data (2007)
Table 2 Energy Resources in the GMS
Table 3 Summary of Actual, Planned and Proposed GMS Export Projects
Table 4 Major Existing Cross-Border GMS Trade Contracts
Table 5 Vientiane Plan of Action - Power Market Institutional Activities
Table 6 Regional Cross Border Trade Road Map, 2008-12
Table 7 Proposed ADB and World Bank-Funded Interconnection Projects
Table 8 Thailand Power Generation by Licensee Type
Table 9 GMS Current and Planned Installed Capacity
Table 10 Existing and Planned GMS Trade Projects
Table 11 Electricity Peak Demand in GMS Member Countries
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Figure 1 The Greater Mekong Subregion
Figure 2 GMS Current and Planned Installed Capacity
Figure 3 Generation Fuel Mix (2007)
Figure 4 GMS Demand Growth
Figure 5 Daily Load Curves - Thailand and Vietnam
Figure 6 GMS Electricity Tariffs
Figure 7 GMS Program Institutional Structure
Figure 8 ASEAN Power Grid Interconnections - GMS
Figure 9 Export Flows in the GMS – Known Projects
Figure 10 Cambodia Transmission Grid
Figure 11 Lao PDR Transmission Grid
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Figure 12 Myanmar Transmission Grid
Figure 13 Thailand Transmission Grid
Figure 14 Vietnam Transmission Grid
Figure 15 Lower Mekong Basin hydro projects
Figure 16 Myanmar Hydro Projects
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Box 1 Thailand's Power Import MOUs
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