Generation expansion planning In the past the national utility was responsible for power sector planning When the market is opened to IPPs, the SOE is no longer the supplier of last resort and either stops power sector planning or transfers it to the Energy Ministry or Regulator or we have duplicate systems Energy Ministries seldom have sufficient capacity to undertake detailed generation expansion planning and Master Plans are either too general or soon become out of date As a consequence, few developing countries have robust, up-to-date generation expansion plans
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