sustainble energy regulation network: a reeep initiative

Generating Dialogue: Clean Energy, Good Governance And Regulation, March 17-18, 2008, NUS, Singapore

Namrata Mukherjee

17th March 2008, Singapore


Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership

• REEEP is a global private-public partnership launchedby the UK government at the WSSD (August 2002), funded by various governments

• REEEP currently comprises more than 200 partners representing governments, businesses and NGO’s committed to accelerating the uptake of renewable energy and energy efficiency

• REEEP is currently funded by several governments: Austria, Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, US, and UK, the major donor of REEEP

• Call for projects every year: – 30 projects funded in 2008 – of 100 K Euros each,– Replication of best practices in innovative finance and regulation and

policies

• 8 Regional Secretariats around the world and sub-networks (SERN, REIL) to give support to partners


1. REEEP aims to reduce market barriers and financial obstacles for renewables and energy efficiency and so facilitate technology transfer

2. REEEP believes in action on the ground via project activitiesthat are targeted on policy improvements and innovativefinance mechanisms

3. REEEP focuses on emerging markets and developing countries and contributes to improving access to reliable energy for the poor

REEEP’s vision is to make energy systems sustainable


REEEP delivers value via Regional Secretariats

REEEP Regional Office Africa

REEEP Regional Office

Central Europe


East AsiaREEEP Regional

Office Latin America &

Caribbean


North America

REEEP Local Focal Point

MEDREP

REEEP Regional OfficeSouth Asia

REEEP Regional OfficeSouth East Asia & Pacific

REEEP Regional OfficeRussiaREEEP

International Secretariat

REEEP Local Focal Point ECOWAS


Sustainable Energy Regulation Network

• SERN is a sub-network of REEEP core-funded by REEEP & led by the Centre for Management under Regulation, University of Warwick (UK) since 2004:

– Research done on regulatory mechanisms (on grid/off grid),– Focusing on the transfer of good practices

• SERN transfers research outcomes on regulation from the academic world to regulators

• SERN works with associations of regulators in:– Africa (AFUR, RERA), Caribbean countries (OOCUR), Eastern

European countries (ERRA), and in India with TERI

• SERN counts 350 individual members drawn from every continents

• SERN acts - at the request of governments - as advisor to integrate renewables and energy efficiency in energy policies and regulatory frameworks


SERN recent activities in 2007/8 • PUBLICATIONS

– An annual review on countries regulation and policy• 2nd edition released in 2007 with 60 countries,• 3rd edition in 2008 will cover 90 countries

– SERN literature review, SERN case studies on regulation

• CAPACITY BUILDING– Lecture at the 15th Commission on Sustainable Development – Learning

Centre, United Nations, New York, May 2007– Participation at the IEA Expert meetings on Global Best Practice in

Renewable Energy Policy & CARICOM expert meeting on harmonised legislation for the reform of the electricity sector

– Presentation to conferences and workshops of association of regulators (OOCUR, ERRA, AFUR)

• SUPPORT TO REEEP PROJECTS on Policy and Regulation– Scientific advisor on a REEEP funded project on off-grid regulation and rural

electrification with solar photovoltaic ESCOs in Africa– Input in a REEEP-UNIDO training package (CD-ROM) for regulators on

sustainable energy issues in Africa


To contact SERN

• The REEEP website

http://www.reeep.org/

• The SERN webpage

http://www.reeep.org/42/sern.htm

• To join SERN, please contact:Dr Xavier LemaireCentre for Management under RegulationWarwick Business School CV4 7AL Coventry (UK)

[email protected]

sustainble energy regulation network: a reeep initiative

Economy & Finance