1. Bharath Jairaj

2. Electricity Governance Initiative
(EGI)
 Jointeffort of WRI and Prayas Energy Group
(India)
• Builds on TAI methodology as well as sectoral
research by Prayas and WRI
A framework to assess governance of the
electricity sector in the context of global
restructuring and reform
• Privatization
• Climate change

3. Who gets electricity?
At what price?
What role should the private sector
play?
What is the right mix of coal, hydro,
and other renewable energy sources?
WHO DECIDES?

4. Research to advocacy
Getting from
Provide tools and analysis to
empower the poor and
maginalized to understand
and challenge status quo
(decision-making processes)
and help them define To
problems and priorities
Acting to address and resolve them;
to achieve specific and measurable
outcomes

5. Potential EGI outcomes:
 Uphold high standards for the sector
 Increase citizen awareness of challenges
 Expand coalition
 Identify opportunities to make better
choices to meet energy needs
 Manage conflicts and promote progressive
new agendas

6.  Ideal coalition of CSOs: broad-based +
technically competent + active advocacy
experts („AND‟ proposition)
 Partnerships and collaborations are key;
but often difficult (different language,
competing for resources, history,
leadership)
 Issue-based coalitions evolve into longer-
term partnerships
 Complementing vs. competing skills

7.  Does not happen on its own: needs
planning and strategy
 Strengthening evidence base of advocacy
and „advocacy potential‟ of research:
• Identify and involve partners early
• Explore co-ownership, avoid contractual
• Defer to expertise, but stay on same page
• Articulate “right” messages (audience based)
• Identify intervention avenues

8.  Save creek campaign: environment advocacy CSO
built coalition with university remote sensing team,
fisher communities, marine biologists; evidence based
campaign on loss of ecosystem
 Challenge PPA for coal power plant: research CSO
provided opportunity to advocacy partners to sit in
(though not participate) at expert meetings
 Budget analysis by coalition: spills into the streets
asking for more child-focused budget allocation (South
Africa)