Electricity sector in Oman after 10 years of reform: Status, trends, and future perspectives

Mohammed H. Albadi

doi:10.1016/j.tej.2017.07.005

Electricity sector in Oman after 10 years of reform: Status, trends, and future perspectives

Mohammed H. Albadi

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

A market reform implemented in Oman in 2004 changed the electricity sector from being a vertically integrated system owned and operated by the Ministry of Housing, Electricity, and Water to a new unbundled system populated by a range of companies and an independent regulator. The restructuring has supported a more than doubling of supplied energy in the succeeding decade, but in a manner that is unsustainable due to high subsidies and lack of supply mix diversity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	23-30
Number of pages	8
Journal	Electricity Journal
Volume	30
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2017.07.005
Publication status	Published - Aug 1 2017

Keywords

Electricity sector reform
Electricity tariff
Power losses
Renewable energy

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Business and International Management
Energy (miscellaneous)
Management of Technology and Innovation
Law

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