IEEE Power & Energy Society Summer Meeting - IEEE PES SM 2001, Vancouver (Canada). 15-19 July 2001
Summary:
The objective of this paper is to diagnose what went wrong with the Brazilian power industry reform, contrasting Brazil's approach with California's, and discussing alternatives to improve the situation. In particular, the authors address some of the criticisms that have been made to Brazilian sector reform: half the critics say the solution is more market; the other half, that Brazil should go back to state-owned enterprises. In addressing the more-market side, the authors discuss some problems such as: bid-based dispatch in a cascade of hydroelectric power plants; the concept of a wholesale water market (an extended spot market where water transactions are recognized); and the pricing of transmission services.
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1109/PESS.2001.970046
Publication date: 2001-07-15.
Citation:
L.A. Barroso, M. V. Pereira, R. Kelman, P.R. Lino, Can Brazil learn from California? Challenges of power deregulation in a predominantly hydroelectric system, IEEE Power & Energy Society Summer Meeting - IEEE PES SM 2001, Vancouver (Canada). 15-19 July 2001.
