Lesson 10: Adapting regulation to achieve universal access to

electricity
10.1 Regulation for universal access to energy
Mandatory
• I.J. Pérez-Arriaga. “New regulatory and business models approaches to achieving
universal electricity access” Papeles de la Energía, no.3. June 2017.
https://www.funcas.es/publicaciones_new/publicaciones.aspx
Suggested
• World Bank Group. “From the Bottom Up: How Small Power Producers and Mini-Grids
Can Deliver Electrification and Renewable Energy in Africa”. 2014. <Read only the
overview now. Recommended to browse the rest of the document.>
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16571
• Global Commission to End Energy Poverty (2020). 2020 Report. Electricity Access. This
is an analysis of the most effective approaches to accelerate electrification in countries
with deficit of electricity access, with a focus on the distribution segment of the
electricity supply chain.
https://www.endenergypoverty.org/2020-report
10.2 Coexistence of on- and off-grid solutions
Mandatory
• Graber, S. et al. (2019). Electrifying the Underserved: Collaborative Business Models
for Developing Minigrids Under the Grid. Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). Second RMI
report on this unconventional approach of deployment and operation of mini-grids.
http://www.rmi.org/insight/undergrid-business-models/
• Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) (2018). Improving the Economics and Reliability of
Rural Electricity Service with Undergrid Minigrids. First RMI report on this
unconventional approach of deployment and operation of mini-grids.
https://rmi.org/insight/under-the-grid/
Suggested
• OKAPI. Beyond off-grid: Integrating Mini-grids with India’s evolving electricity system.
March 2013. <Read the slides and consult the document if needed>
http://okapia.co/serviceareas/blueprint/beyond-off-grid-integrating-mini-grids-with-
indias-evolving-electricity-system
• TERI and Shakti Foundation (2020). State of Electricity Access in India. Insights from
the India Residential Energy Survey (IRES) 2020.
https://www.ceew.in/sites/default/files/CEEW%20-
%20India%20Residential%20Energy%20Survey%20-
%20State%20of%20Electricity%20Access%20%2005Oct20.pdf
 • Energypedia. Mini-grid portal.
https://energypedia.info/wiki/Portal:Mini-grid
Further reading
• D. Nagpal, I.J. Pérez-Arriaga. (2020). Working Paper for the Global Commission to End
Energy Poverty (GCEEP).
Integrating isolated mini-grids with an IDF-compliant regulated distribution sector: A
long-term perspective towards universal electricity access
10.3 Regulation of Off-grid electrification
Mandatory
• World Bank Group. “From the Bottom Up: How Small Power Producers and Mini-Grids
Can Deliver Electrification and Renewable Energy in Africa”. 2014. <Read chapter 3>
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16571
Suggested
• USAID and NARUC. “Practical Guide to the Regulatory Treatment of Mini-grids”. Nov.
2017.
https://www.naruc.org/international/where-we-work/global-initiatives/minigrids/
• GOGLA. “Providing Energy Access through Off-Grid Solar: Guidance for Governments”.
2017. A guide.
https://www.gogla.org/resources/providing-energy-access-through-off-grid-solar-
guidance-for-governments
• AMDA (African Microgrids Developers Association) (2021). Clean Energy Mini-grid
Policy Development Guide. Excellent document on mini-grid regulation, very much in
line with the regulatory approach proposed in this course.
https://africamda.org
Further reading
• The Climate Group. “The business case for off-grid energy in India”. 2015.
https://www.theclimategroup.s/business-case-grid-energy-india