DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES ON A POWER DRIVE

Electricity supply infrastructures in many developing countries are being rapidly expanded as policymakers and investors around the world increasingly recognize electricity's pivotal role in improving living standards and sustaining economic growth. But in the face of enormous capital requirements, utility systems that were once strictly government run are giving way to a growing interest in privatization and foreign investment. The tremendous need for expanded electricity supply and availability is creating major market opportunities in developing countries for advanced generation technologies as well as for efficient electrotechnologies for end-use application. EPRI is pursuing several energy initiatives with government, industry, and electric power organizations in India and with others in the developing world-initiatives that could lead to substantial involvement by member utilities.