Pizhūhishnāmah-i Iqtiṣād-i Inirzhī-i Īrān (Oct 2013)
Survey on the Necessity for Continuing Iran Electricity Industry Restructuring Programs
Abstract
An important discussion that have been going on among decision makers in power industry, is the idea of restructuring and improving the efficiency and competition in this industry. Thereby, Iran power industry has not been an exception, and since early 1370s it has acted to change its organizational structure. Now the main purpose of this study is to survey and determine the necessity for continuing Iran electricity industry’s restructuring programs. In order to achieve this purpose, Using Delphi method, a questionnaire contained 25 questions were made, and distributed among a panel of 11 selected experts. After three rounds, final results were obtained. These results show that in spite of many shortcomings and problems present in Iran power industry, restructuring process of this industry is evaluated as positive and the continuation of the strategies that has been adopted so far, is required and essential.
