Regional Economic Co-operation in Central Asia
RETA 5818
FINAL REPORT
ELECTRIC ENERGY
The views expressed in this paper are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views
or policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Governors, or the governments they
represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no
responsibility for any consequence of their use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent
with ADB official terms.
December 2000
Table of Contents
1 REPORT OF ACTIVITIES ................................................................................... 5
1.1
Details of Activities .................................................................................................................................. 5
1.2
Persons Contacted.................................................................................................................................... 6
1.3
Remarks on the Course of the Study...................................................................................................... 6
2 THE CENTRAL ASIA COUNTRIES .................................................................... 7
3 CENTRAL ASIA TRANSMISSION GRID............................................................ 9
3.1
Past Development..................................................................................................................................... 9
3.2
Need for Improvement of the Transmission System............................................................................. 9
4 THE CURRENT ELECTRICITY POOL OF CENTRAL ASIA ............................ 11
4.1
General.................................................................................................................................................... 11
4.2
Kazakhstan ............................................................................