PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Colin Johnson TI - Latin American Power AID - 10.3905/jsf.2000.320212 DP - 2000 Jul 31 TA - The Journal of Structured Finance PG - 33--40 VI - 6 IP - 2 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/6/2/33.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/6/2/33.full AB - The rate of change in accelerating in the Latin American power market, driven by forces such as continued privatization, consolidation among the largest industry players, regionalization and integration of markets, regulation to protect consumers and limit monopolistic tendencies, the rise of merchant power, electricity trading, energy management, and the convergence among the electricity industry remains more stable and predictable than many others, these on going changes require strategic vision and new business approaches including choosing what businesses the company wants to be in, projecting future supply and demand scenarios, anticipating regulatory changes, learning to live with uncertainty, managing a company's assets as a group, reevaluation of assets in light of new technologies, and new financing and risk-management techniques.