August 12, 2016
The Indian state of Gujarat has been at the forefront of adopting power sectors reforms to strengthen the state's electricity infrastructure. Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO)is a wholly owned subsidiary of the state-owned Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited.
July 15, 2016
South Africa's Eskom Holdings SOC Limited (Eskom), which is a vertically integrated power utility, is a key player in the country's power sector. Currently it operates 88 per cent of the country's installed generation capacity and also holds a monopoly over the transmission, distribution and trade of electricity.
June 10, 2016
Hydro One Limited is the largest electricity transmission and distribution company in Ontario. Through its subsidiary, Hydro One Inc., it owns and operates a substantial share of Ontario's electricity transmission network.
May 10, 2016
TenneT, one of Europe's leading electricity transmission system operators (TSO), recently announced plans to invest EUR22 billion to develop the grid infrastructure of Germany and the Netherlands by 2025.
April 6, 2016
Sri Lanka's island-wide power blackout, which occurred on March 13, 2016, was one of the worst that the country has faced in the last 20 years. It was also the third nation-wide power failure to occur within six months.
March 10, 2016
TRANSELECTRIC S.A., formed in 1999, is the developer and operator of Ecuador's Sistema Nacional de Transmisión (SNT) or the national transmission system.
January 11, 2016
Dominion Resources (Dominion), headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, was established in 1983. It is one of the largest producers and transporters of energy in the US.
December 8, 2015
Philippines' high rate of economic growth demands investments to strengthen the country's electricity infrastructure. National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the country's transmission network operator, is charged with the responsibility of ensuring an adequate and reliable electricity supply system.
November 10, 2015
State Grid Brazil Holding S.A. (SGBH) is a subsidiary of China's largest electricity transmission and distribution utility, State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), and has become the fourth largest transmission operator in Brazil with recent acquisitions in the country.
October 6, 2015
Oman was among the first countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region to adopt power sector reforms. Comprehensive structural reforms were adopted after the enactment of the new electricity law, which came into effect in 2005.
September 10, 2015
Virginia-based Queensland Electricity Transmission Corporation Limited (Powerlink) is the government-owned transmission network service provider operating in Queensland, Australia.
August 10, 2015
Ameren Corporation, formed in 1997 with a merger of Ameren Missouri and Central Illinois Public Service Company (CIPSCO) to operate as an electric and natural gas transmission and distribution (T&D) company, is now a holding company for various power and energy companies in the US.
July 13, 2015
The Egyptian economy is facing an ever increasing demand for electricity, with electricity consumption expected to increase to 5,760 MW by 2017.
June 10, 2015
Georgian State Electrosystem JSC (GSE) is Georgia's sole transmission system operator and developer. GSE is also responsible for managing power exports with neighbouring countries.
May 7, 2015
Founded in 1896, Empresa de Energía de Bogotá (EEB) is one of Colombia's largest power transmission companies. It holds an 8.2 per cent share in the country's power transmission market, the second highest among the various players.
April 10, 2015
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Japan's largest electricity utility, has been under considerable financial pressure since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, which took place following the Tohoku-Chiho Taiheiyo-Oki earthquake in March 2011.
March 10, 2015
US-based FirstEnergy Corporation, one of the largest power transmission system owners in the territory of PJM Interconnection (PJM), is investing to expand its footprint by strengthening its transmission and distribution (T&D) network.
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.
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.