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Colombia
Scholarly Publications
Retail Pricing in Colombia to Support the Efficient Deployment of Distributed Generation and Electric Vehicles
April 2020
Electricity tariff reforms will be an essential part of the clean energy transition. Existing tariffs rely on average cost pricing and often set a price per unit that exceeds marginal cost.
Transformation and Modernization of the Wholesale Electricity Market in Colombia
August 2019
This report provides recommendations on the six topic areas in the transformation and modernization theme “Competition, participation and structure of the electricity market.” These are: (1)...
Market power and incentive-based capacity payment mechanisms
March 2019
Capacity markets provide guaranteed payments to electricity generation unit own- ers for having the “firm capacity” to produce electricity.
Other Publications
Long-Term Resource Adequacy with Significant Intermittent Renewables
March 2020
The electricity supply industry in a low-carbon world will have over 50 percent share of intermittent renewables.
Diagnosing the Causes of the Recent El Niño Event and Recommendations for Reform
December 2016
In this report we identify the key drivers of observed market outcomes in the Colombian electricity supply industry during the fourth quarter of 2015 and first quarter of 2016, the time period...