Indian Journal of Science and Technology
DOI: 10.17485/IJST/v13i14.121113_492
Year: 2020, Volume: 13, Issue: 14, Pages: 1512-1522
Original Article
Seyed Morteza Moghimi1*, Reza Dashti2, Ali Bostani3
1R & D Research Scientist, MicrowaveSoft Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada
2Assistant Professor, School of Advanced Technologies, University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
3Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Kuwait, Salmiya, Kuwait
*Corresponding author
Seyed Morteza Moghimi
R & D Research Scientist, MicrowaveSoft Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada
Email: [email protected]
Received Date:03 April 2020, Accepted Date:16 May 2020, Published Date:30 May 2020
Background/Objectives: In the past couple of decades, several counties all around the globe, decided to conduct some reforms in the way that they manage the electrical power in their countries. Even in Middle East countries like Iran have taken the path to intensively privatize their power distribution and pass it over to the non-governmental sector paving way for security, social and economic threats. For this purpose, lack of proper and optimal management results in distribution companies and the government having to explain its threats so that sovereignty could eliminate the threats or reduce their effects. This study discusses the problems of restructuring the electric power sectors and its defects in Iran distribution companies. Methods/Statistical analysis: This paper discusses the problems of re-structuring the electrical power sectors and its defects in the distribution companies. Furthermore, this paper investigates the threats facing the privatization of electricity distribution companies. The threat of monopolization is also analysed in a separate section. Data source gathering is done during 2014-2016. Findings: Establishment of formal and legal framework in this regard is provided in such a way that the interests of all stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, subscribers, and government are provided. Application/Improvements: Establishment of formal and legal framework in this regard is provided in such a way that the interests of all stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, subscribers, and government are provided. Also, establishment of proper implementation of the privatization of electricity distribution companies in Iran.
Keywords: Iran distribution companies, Electricity distribution company, Monopoly, Privatization, Distribution systems.
© 2020 Moghimi, Dashti, Bostani. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Published By Indian Society for Education and Environment (iSee)
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