TSO Focus

Profile of a leading TSO operator, covering its history, present status and future plans

• Panama’s ETESA: Deteriorating operational and financial performance

  April 11, 2018
  Like most other Latin American countries, Panama also initiated reforms and restructuring in the electricity sector in the 1990s. Under this, it privatised the generation...

• Malaysia’s TNB: Looking to expand global footprint in renewable energy markets

  March 12, 2018
  Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is Malaysia’s leading electricity company. The state-owned enterprise dominates the electricity generation, transmission and distribution market..

• Estonia’s Elering: Safeguarding energy security through Baltic integration

  February 12, 2018
  Estonia’s power sector has undergone a significant transformation under the European Union (EU)’s Third Energy Package of 2009.

• Canada’s New Brunswick Power: Making efforts towards debt reduction

  January 8, 2018
  Canada’s electricity sector reflects the provincial set up of the country’s political economy. In most provinces, vertically-integrated crown corporations are...

• Power Grid Corporation of India Limited: In sync with country’s grid expansion plans

  December 12, 2017
  India’s transmission sector has witnessed high growth rates in recent years, driven mainly by the government’s initiatives such as ‘One nation, One price and One grid’ and ‘Power for All’.

• Ivory Coast’s CIE: Stimulating investments for grid expansion

  November 14, 2017
  In 1990, the Government of Côte d'Ivoire (GoCDI) decided to privatise the power sector and established Compangie Ivoirienne d’Electricité (CIE).

• NamPower: Expanding grid operations to assist upcoming generation

  October 10, 2017
  Namibia Power Corporation (Proprietary) Limited (NamPower) is a vertically integrated electricity utility with a monopoly over generation, transmission and energy trade...

• Tennessee Valley Authority: Keeping pace with changing business environment

  September 5, 2017
  The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a corporate agency owned by the federal government of the United States of America (US) that provides electric, flood control...

• National Grid SA: Taking measures to adapt Saudi Arabia’s grid to changing energy mix

  August 8, 2017
  National Grid SA plans to improve the performance of the transmission network so as to transfer energy with high reliability and at optimal cost.

• Bonneville Power Administration: Government to divestiture its assets

  July 9, 2017
  Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a US federal non-profit agency based in the Pacific Northwest and established in 1937, is one of the four regional federal power marketing administrations established under the US Department of Energy (DoE).

• Czech Republica’s ČEPS A.S.: Focus on grid upgrade to ensure reliable power

  June 9, 2017
  ČEPS A.S. is the sole power transmission system operator in the Czech Republic and is fully owned by the federal government. ČEPS A.S. was established as an independent transmission system operator (TSO) in September 1998 following its unbundling from CEZ A.S. ČEPS is responsible for the operation of transmission system facilities and for the dispatch of generation within the country, as well as for coordinating its operations with those of the power generation systems of neighbouring countries.

• ENGIE Energía Chile S.A.: Focus on expanding footprint in Chilean market [free access]

  May 10, 2017
  NGIE Energía Chile S.A. (EECL) is one of the largest power players in Chile’s Sistema Interconectado del Norte Grande (SING) or the northern interconnected system, which accounts for 25 per cent of the country’s installed capacity and meets 23 per cent of the total power demand.

• Ghana’s GRIDCo: Focusing on grid expansion and regional interconnections

  April 10, 2017
  One of Ghana’s major constraints to economic growth is its unreliable and inadequate supply of electric power. The country has more than 2,930 MW of installed generation capacity, of which actual availability rarely exceeds 2,100 MW, leaving around 400 MW of unmet demand on a daily basis.

• Pacific Gas and Electric Company: In sync with the state’s renewable energy goals [free access]

  March 14, 2017
  Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric energy companies in the United States. Incorporated in 1905, it is the subsidiary of PG&E Corporation, an energy-based holding company headquartered in San Francisco

• ENDE Transmission: In sync with the country’s power sector goals

  February 17, 2017
  Bolivia is one of the least developed countries in Latin America and has one of the lowest gross domestic products (GDP) per capita in the region.

• Energinet.dk: Focusing on strengthening the grid for green energy integration

  January 12, 2017
  Denmark is often quoted as an example of the technical and economic viability of procuring the majority of a country's energy supply from renewable energy sources.

• Chubu Electric Power Company: In sync with country' power sector reforms [free access]

  December 11, 2016
  Chubu Electric Power Company (Chubu EPCo) is the third largest of Japan's 10 vertically integrated Electric Power Companies (EPCos) each of which is responsible for the supply of electricity in a particular region in terms of power generation capacity, electric energy sold, operating revenues and total assets.

• Canada's ATCO Electric: Facing declining power demand

  November 7, 2016
  ATCO Electric Limited is the largest electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) company in Ontario, Canada. Engaged in the power T&D business in 245 communities and rural areas in northern and east-central Alberta as well as in communities in the Yukon and North West territories, ATCO Electric serves about two-thirds of the state.

• 50Hertz Transmission GmbH: Keeping pace with energy transition

  October 14, 2016
  Germany's current energy transition, with a huge influx of electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar, is not only changing the energy generation pattern but is also fundamentally impacting the country's power grid situation.

• Exelon Corporation: Focusing on strengthening footprints

  September 9, 2016
  Exelon Corporation, a US-based integrated energy utility, is a key player in the North American power sector. Its operations are spread across various segments of the energy business, including electricity generation, transmission and distribution (T&D) as well as gas distribution.