Notice of Violation of IEEE Publication Principles: Status of international interconnections and electricity deregulation in Africa

Notice of Violation of IEEE Publication Principles

"Status of International Interconnections and Electricity Deregulation in Africa,"
by T.J. Hammons,
in the Proceedings of the 39th International Universities Power Engineering Conference 2004 (UPEC), vol.1, pp. 26-33, 6-8 Sept. 2004

After careful and considered review of the content and authorship of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE's Publication Principles.

This paper is a near duplication of the original text from the papers cited below. The original text was copied without attribution and without permission.

Due to the nature of this violation, reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper, and future references should be made to the following articles:

"Impact of Privatization and Deregulation on Infrastructure Development in Africa,"
by R. Johnson,
in the Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, June 2004

"Status of International Interconnections and Electricity Deregulation in Africa-An Overview of the Current Status in Southern Africa,"
by Jan A. de Kock,
in the Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, June 2004

"Status of International Interconnections in North Africa"
by Ahmed Zobaa,
in the Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, June 2004

"Towards Developing a Competitive Market for Regional Electricity Cross Border Trading: The Case of the Southern African Power Pool,"
by P. Naidoo, L. Musaba, W. Balet, A. Chikova,
in the Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, June 2004

"Status of Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) Electricity Grid System Interconnection"
by A Majeed, H.A. Karim, N.H. Al Maskati, S. Sud,
in the Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, June 2004


The paper reviews the present status and future prospect of international interconnections, infrastructure, electricity exchanges, and deregulation in Africa from the viewpoint of generation and transmission development, global deregulation trends and policies, development of a competitive market for regional electricity cross-border trading, and status of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) Electricity Grid System interconnection. In particular, the case of the Southern Africa Power Pool in developing a competitive market for regional electricity cross border trading; GCC Electricity Grid System interconnections; and economic benefits and strategic new international transmission in the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), are some of the topics that are presented and discussed in this paper.