The Eastern African Power Pool (EAPP) nations stretching from Libya down to Tanzania and as far west as the DR Congo and east to Somalia have been discussing modalities of integrating the electricity markets. What this means is that power will be produced in one country and through transmission interconnections enabled to flow to a customer in another country. Simply put, the borders are being erased from the perspective of the electricity market.
This continued progress is positive as it opens opportunities in various areas. Utilities in each country will be enabled to buy greener and cheaper power from the pool and be able to sell excess power that may be sitting in their grid. This trade allows for efficiency in the allocation of generation resources within the countries. Enabling of exchanges in power capacity and demand in shorter contractual periods of days and hours allows for countries to react to short term shortages by buying from the market.
