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Clean Energy, Good Governance & Electricity Regulation

PRAYAS ENERGY GROUP. Clean Energy, Good Governance & Electricity Regulation. 20 – 21 May 2010 Cape Town. Context. Forum of regulators from India, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore in March 2008 in Singapore

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Clean Energy, Good Governance & Electricity Regulation

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  1. PRAYAS ENERGY GROUP Clean Energy, Good Governance & Electricity Regulation 20 – 21 May 2010 Cape Town

  2. Context • Forum of regulators from India, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore in March 2008 in Singapore • Asian Development Bank program to enhance effectiveness of regulation in the electricity sector; Dialogue on clean energy and regulatory governance in June 2010 • 2010 Forum: major developing country economies of India, Brazil, South Africa, and Mexico

  3. Regulation and Clean Energy • Context for electricity regulation • Global process of restructuring and reform • Specific country contexts • Broadening context • Social and environmental concerns • Global climate change • Regulators are stakeholders in international decisions • Many efforts to grapple with clean energy

  4. Motivation and Objectives • An exchange of experiences with clean energy • Explore the role of regulatory governance in promoting clean energy • Discuss practical measures to implement clean energy programs

  5. Tradeoffs and Synergies • Systems are set up to promote conventional options • Megawatts vs. “Negawatts • Promoting clean technology vs. increasing quality access • Intermittency of many RE technologies • Tensions between additional costs of clean energy and affordability • Reasonable costs? • e.g. Low cost of coal vs. higher upfront costs of renewables • Evolving potential of clean energy options • New technologies e.g. concentrating solar • Environmental and social impacts of conventional vs. clean technologies • Local issues vs. global climate change?

  6. Balancing Interests…The Importance of Governance • Regulatory decisions involve judgment • Incomplete information • Multiple solutions • Competing interests • Needs regulatory credibility (in addition to technical capacity) • Robust decision making process • “input” vs. “output” credibility

  7. Clean Energy and Regulatory Governance • Clarity of mandate • Completeness and accessibility of information • Depth of stakeholder engagement • Capacity • Regulators • Government • Civil society • Industry

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