EGI Kyrgyzstan recently released Electricity Governance in Kyrgyzstan: An Institutional Assessment.  The assessment evaluates policy-making and regulatory processes within the context of sector reforms that have been in progress for over a decade. Using a subset of 32 indicators from the EGI toolkit, the report traces the relationship between closed processes and the continued poor performance of power sector enterprises. 

EGI Tajikistan recently released Electricity Governance Tajikistan: Applying the EGI Indicator Toolkit to Tajikistan. The report details the preliminary findings and recommendations of the electricity governance assessment of transparency, accountability and public participation in Tajikistan’s electricity sector.  The EGI Tajikistan working group used a subset of 32 indicators from the EGI toolkit to assess the governance strengths and weaknesses of legislative, executive and regulatory processes.

In this op ed piece, EGI South Africa partners argue that business-as-usual planning for the power sector is not yet aligned with the government’s negotiating position in Copenhagen. But is Eskom’s corporate structure appropriate for leading the effort to cut emissions? Or should government be more involved in putting public interests first?