COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - The United States Energy Association, under the South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Integration (SARI/EI), with funding from the United States Agency for International Development, organized a South Asia Regional Workshop on Competitive Electricity Markets that took place March 18 – 20, 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The first two days of the workshop included technical presentations by power pool experts, updates on cross-border electricity trade (CBET) from each of the participating countries, and open discussions on the development of a regional grid and electricity market in South Asia. On the final day of the workshop, participants visited generating stations in the Puttalam area.