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EGI Partner Suggests Alternative Power Planning for India

Alternative Power Planning, a booklet published by Prayas Energy Group and Kalpavriksh Environment Action Group, seeks to address environmental and economic concerns and ensure a sustainable way forward for India's power sector.


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EGI will host a side event at Bali COP, December 7

The Electricity Governance Initiative will host a side event at the 13th Meeting of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bali, Indonesia, on December 7 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (location TBA).

GENERATING DIALOGUE:
Electricity Demand and Climate Change


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Indian Electricity Regulation: “From Technocracy to Democracy?”

Navroz Dubash and Narasimha Rao recently published The Practice and Politics of Regulation – Regulatory Governance in Indian Electricity, a detailed study of electricity regulators in Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka.


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Comments on the New ADB Energy Strategy

As ADB develops its new energy strategy, we provided comments drawing on the experiences of the Electricity Governance Initiative.


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National Policy on the Voluntary Sector Recognizes the Role of Civil Society in India

On May 17th the India’s Union Cabinet approved the National Policy on the Voluntary Sector. The goal of the policy is "to provide an enabling environment for the voluntary sector and also make it accountable, so that voluntary organizations can play their constructive role in development activities effectively.”


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New Report - Empowering People: A Governance Analysis of Electricity

Based on the EGI assessments in India, Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand, this report makes the case for greater attention to how electricity sector decisions are made -- and the need for greater public involvement and scrutiny.


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Coal Power in India: More transparency, but environmental challenges

With India’s exponential growth comes the exponential need for energy. Demand for electricity has far outstripped supply, and now, with the coming of the Electricity Act 2003, these demands are within reach. The government’s plan of “power for all” will require an additional capacity creation of nearly 100,000 MW by 2012.


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Environmental Impact Assessments for Power Plants in India

The Citizen Consumer and Civic Action Group (CAG) based in Chennai, is reviewing the principle law governing environment clearance in India. Issued in 1994, this law establishes Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) as a mechanism to investigate and evaluate the potential impacts of a proposed development project or activity.


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