clean energy, good governance & electricity regulation
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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PRAYAS
ENERGY
GROUP
Clean Energy, Good Governance & Electricity Regulation
20 – 21 May 2010Cape Town
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
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
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
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?
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
Clean Energy and Regulatory Governance
• Clarity of mandate• Completeness and accessibility of information• Depth of stakeholder engagement• Capacity
– Regulators– Government– Civil society – Industry