Citation:
Ali, O., 2015. Revitalizing the Albanian Electricity Sector, Growth Lab at Harvard's Center for International Development. Copy at http://www.tinyurl.com/26zrn4j9
Report Date:
11/2015Abstract:
In an attempt to recuperate its dysfunctional electricity distribution system, Albania privatized its sole electricity distribution company in 2009. Disappointed with the results of the privatization, just five years later, the State of Albania renationalized the company.
The case study “Revitalizing the Albanian Electricity Sector” analyzes the key sources of inefficiencies in the electricity distribution sector in Albania and the structural problems of the current state-owned company. It explains how the tariff setting and the failed infrastructural investments triggered a chain effect of financial instability which spilled beyond the limits of the electricity sector and discusses possible reforms to the sector.