TSO Focus

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

• Eskom Holdings SOC Limited: Struggling to meet the country's power demand

  February 10, 2015
  South Africa is presently reeling under its worst power crisis since 2008. Mismanagement of newly built generation facilities and pursuing a policy of keeping the lights on at all costs, with no focus on maintaining its generation infrastructure, have resulted in a drastic deterioration in the country's power generating stations.

• Elektromreža Srbije: Plans to invest EUR400 million in transmission by 2020 [free access]

  January 8, 2015
  Serbia's government-owned transmission system operator (TSO) Elektromreža Srbije (EMS) recently announced plans to invest EUR400 million by 2020 to upgrade the national transmission grid and to develop new electricity interconnections with neighbouring countries.

• Morocco's ONEE: To play a crucial role in sustaining electricity security plans

  December 10, 2014
  Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (ONEE), the state-owned integrated power and water utility of Morocco, has been instrumental in stewarding Morocco's impressive progress in the power sector.

• National Grid USA: Building necessary infrastructure to meet customer needs

  November 9, 2014
  In September 2014, the Massachusetts-based National Grid USA, one of the largest electricity holding companies in the United States delivering electricity and natural gas to the north-eastern regions of the United States, captured headlines when it unveiled its plans to invest about USD8.57 billion in the transmission and distribution (T&D) network of New York during 2015-2029.

• Austrian Power Grid: Increasing grid capacity for integration of RES

  October 1, 2014
  The Austrian power sector is expected to witness significant renewable energy capacity addition over the next few years, particularly in view of the Green Electricity Act 2012, which has greatly increased the subsidisation of green electricity.

• Furnas Centrais Elétricas: Investments planned to meet future demand

  September 9, 2014
  Furnas Centrais Elétricas (Furnas) came into being in 1957, to build and operate Brazil's first large-scale hydroelectric power plant, the Furnas Hydroelectric Plant.

• Communaute Electrique du Benin: Aims to enhance grid network

  August 1, 2014
  The West African region has recently been attracting significant investor interest in several of its sectors such as consumer goods, financial services, mining and energy.

• KPTCL: Focus on network expansion and loss reduction [free access]

  July 9, 2014
  Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) is one of the largest transmission utilities in India. It has the fourth largest network in the country, after Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.

• Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation: Focus on grid strengthening

  June 10, 2014
  Having achieved a surplus power generation capacity, improvement of the transmission and distribution (T&D) segment has emerged as a key area of focus in Qatar.

• Hydro One: Grid investments to enhance RE connectivity

  May 1, 2014
  Ontario's long-term energy plan envisages a long-term shift in the province's energy profile. By 2025, it plans to enhance the share of renewable energy in grid power and use demand response for 10 per cent of peak demand

• Indonesian PT PLN : Utility's massive endeavour to electrify Indonesia

  April 1, 2014
  PT PLN is Indonesia's state-owned power utility and owns and operates over 75 per cent of the country's total installed capacity. It is the sole owner of the transmission and distribution assets in the country.

• Israel Electric Corporation: New generation drives grid expansion plans

  March 7, 2014
  Israel's electricity sector was partially liberalised in 1996, allowing private developers to enter the generation segment. However, majority of the generation plants are still owned by the state-owned vertically integrated Israel Electric Corporation (IEC).

• Duke Energy: Progress Energy merge yields significant cost savings

  February 1, 2014
  Duke Energy is among the largest electricity holding companies in the North American region. Of late, the company has initiated several key transmission projects to improve network reliability and provide connectivity to upcoming generation facilities.

• Litgrid: Future grid investment aimed at EU integration

  January 13, 2014
  By 2022, Lithuania's power transmission network will require investments of over LTL3 billion to accommodate upcoming generation capacities as well as to replace and refurbish existing assets. Some of the major cross-border transmission interconnections currently underway could help facilitate the country's integration with the European transmission network.

• Manitoba Hydro: Focus on asset renewal for growth [free access]

  December 10, 2013
  Replacement and refurbishment of ageing infrastructure is a key priority for transmission system operators in industrialised economies to maintain network reliability and provide for expected load growth.

• Cemig of Brazil: Aiming at better management of transmission assets

  November 1, 2013
  Brazil has been steadily increasing its investments through government stimulus packages to maintain growth momentum.The energy segment has been a key area of focus.

• MAVIR Zrt.: Emphasis on strengthening links and renovating grid assets

  October 4, 2013
  Hungary liberalised its electricity market for all non-household consumers on July 1, 2004. However, most of the power sold in the liberalised market is imported from Ukraine and Slovakia, and as such the country's domestic power generation scenario has not really improved.

• NamPower: Augmenting capacity to meet Namibia's power demands [free access]

  September 1, 2013
  With rising power demand and increasing dependence on electricity imports, Namibia is striving to augment its power generation and transmission infrastructure to cater to future requirements.

• Dubai Electricity and Water Authority: Rising demand drives grid expansion [free access]

  August 1, 2013
  During the first quarter of 2013, Dubai's power demand grew by 7 per cent over the corresponding period last year. This is attributed to the region's steady recovery in economic growth since the slowdown in 2009. By the end of 2012, gross domestic product in Dubai grew by 4.4 per cent with manufacturing becoming a particularly important sector.

• MSETCL of Maharashtra: Delivering high performance, consistently

  July 1, 2013
  Maharashtra, the second largest state in India, is also among the country's most industrialised states, with an estimated income growth of 7.1 per cent as of the year ended March 2013. In the next five years, the state has over 12,000 MW of planned capacity addition based on thermal power and 540 MW of capacities from solar power among other sources.