Politics of Electricity Sector Reform in South Africa

Content

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Background Information
• Chapter 2 Theoretical Overview of a Developmental State in Developing and Transitional Economies
  • 2.1 International Theoretical Context of a Developmental State
  • 2.1.1 Economic or Political Approach
  • 2.1.2 Ideology and Capacity
  • 2.1.3 Embedded Autonomy
  • 2.1.4 Hard or Soft State
  • 2.2 South African Context of a Developmental State
• Chapter 3 Practical Overview of a Developmental State
  • 3.1 International Practical Experience of a Developmental State
  • 3.2 South African Practical Experience of a Developmental State: 1994-2009
  • 3.2.1 Lessons Learned from Asian Developmentalist Approach
• Chapter 4 Electricity Sector Reform in Developed and Developing/Transitional Economies
  • 4.1 International Electricity Reform Drivers
  • 4.2 International Electricity Reform Strategies
  • 4.2.1 Commercialisation and Corporatisation
  • 4.2.2 Restructuring for Competition
  • 4.2.3 Electricity Trading Market
  • 4.2.4 Increased Private Sector Participation
  • 4.2.5 Modernising the Regulatory Framework
  • 4.3 Sustainable Development through Electricity Sector Reform: Developing and Transitional Economies
  • 4.3.1 Argentina
  • 4.3.2 India
  • 4.3.3 Indonesia
  • 4.3.4 Bulgaria
  • 4.3.5 Ghana
  • 4.3.6 South Africa
  • 4.3.6.1 Improving Electricity Access for the Poor
  • 4.3.6.1.1 National Electrification Programme: The Grid & Off-Grid Electrification Programme
  • 4.3.6.1.2 The Free Basic Electricity (FBE) Policy
  • 4.3.6.2 A New Electricity Regulator
  • 4.3.6.3 Restructuring the Electricity Distribution Industry (EDI)
  • 4.3.6.4 Eskom Corporatisation
  • 4.3.6.5 A Paradigm Shift in Energy and Electricity Policy
  • 4.3.6.6 The Evolving Electricity Reform Agenda
• Chapter 5 The Role of the South African Democratic Developmental State in the Electricity Sector Reform
  • 5.1 Electricity Liberalisation and Developmentalism
  • 5.2 State Intervention Areas in the Electricity Sector
  • 5.2.1 Achievement of Public Benefits
  • 5.2.2 Democratisation of Electricity
  • 5.2.3 Equity and Sustainable Electricity Sector
• Chapter 6 Concluding Remarks: Rethinking ""Managed Liberalisation"" in the South African Electricity Sector Reform