Transcript Udai S Mehta, National Coordinator for DREC Project Assistant Director, CUTS International

Policy Advocacy and Inputs from RG
members
1st State Reference Group Meeting
06th February, 2012, West Bengal
Udai S Mehta, Assistant Director
CUTS International
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Outline
• Need for Advocacy
• Issues
• Scope for intervention
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Need for Advocacy
POLICY-MAKERS
ADVOCACY
Communicating Consumers
Need and Concerns
Bridging the Gap
CSOs
DISSEMINATION & NETWORKING
Sensitise Consumers and Document
their Awareness and Understanding
CONSUMERS
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Issues
• Need of Regulations for Long Term Sustainability of Offgrid plants
• Case of Gosaba and Moushuni
• Community elected board for monitoring of the projects
• Is there scope for grid plants to buy power from RE based off-grid
plants?
• Regulations for DSM/RE
• Absence of regulations on DSM/RE
• How to ensure participation of CSOs in formulation of regulations?
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Issues
Contd…
• How to overcome barriers to promote RE
– high initial capital cost and poor quality of after sale services?
• How can we further increase awareness of EE among consumers?
• How can we generate awareness among farmers on the availability of
Solar Pump sets for irrigation?
• How to ensure CSO representation in the Regulatory Commission?
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ANY OTHER ISSUE??
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Interventions
• Reference Group
• State / National Level policy advocacy meeting
• Parliamentary forums – PARFORE
Key Issues / Messages to be Determined
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Thank you!!
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