The processes and institutions that shape how decisions are made in the electricity sector influence the success of policy and reform efforts. Electricity reforms undertaken through closed political processes with inadequate public input have focused on attracting private investment and have generally overlooked social and environmental concerns. If reform processes are to bring about meaningful change, they must be supported by systems of good governance guided by transparency, participation, and accountability.
EGI has developed a toolkit of more than 60 research questions that generate indicators of relative strength and weakness in electricity decision-making processes. These indicators evaluate policy and regulatory processes, with an emphasis on environmental and social issues. Since 2005, coalitions of civil society organizations in India, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines have partnered with EGI to improve electricity sector governance.
Generating New Dialogue
EGI creates a new dialogue and dynamic between sector officials and civil society groups. Our partners complete assessments of electricity governance using the EGI toolkit in close consultation with an advisory panel that includes government, utility, and private-sector representatives. We bring stakeholders who often talk past each other together to discuss how to advance meaningful change.
EGI Partners
Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP)
Green Independent Power Producers Inc
People Centered Economic and Business Institute (IBEKA)
















