• Policy

        • Poland

        • 2022

        Law on ensuring coal access and price stabilisation

        …aims at increasing the coal supply in the country and thus induce price reductions. It defines a guaranteed price for coal and compensation for authorized intermediaries. The price is set at PLN 996.60 gross per 3 tonnes of coal per household. Compensation for authorized brokers will amount to PLN 1 073 / tonne. Entities that decide to cooperate in the program will be required to register, which is expected to guarantee that coal will be transferred to individual recipients at the price indicated in the law.In addition, households have the opportunity to apply for a coal affordability support allowance.

        • Policy

        • Costa Rica

        • 2025

        Rural Electrification Program

        The Government of Costa Rica introduced the Rural Electrification Programme in 2024 to improve electricity access and affordability in underserved regions. The initiative includes public investment of approximately CRC 900 million by the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) and the Rural Development Institute (INDER) to extend electricity infrastructure and connect previously unserved households, particularly in rural communities in southern Costa Rica.

        • Policy

        • Ethiopia

        • 2019

        National Electrification Program 2.0 (NEP 2.0)

        …like the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (6,000 MW) and the Koysha Hydro Power Plant (2,160 MW). While generation is shifting toward private Independent Power Producers for solar and wind, the government continues to play a central role in financing and off-taker functions. Finally, the NEP 2.0 integrates clean cooking access by supporting the National Improved Cookstove Program, which targets the distribution of 12 million extra cookstoves, and the National Biogas Program targeting 360,000 low-income households. Affordability for these technologies is further supported by a 5% allocation of the government-backed Market Development Credit Line.

        • Policy

        • Australia

        • 2022

        Powering Australia - First Nations Community Microgrid Programme

        The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) launched the First Nations Community Microgrids Programme, aiming to develop and deploy microgrids across First Nations communities, to increase access to cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy. In its October's 2022-23 budget, the federal government allocated AUD 83.8 million over four years to improve energy security and affordability for these communities. 

        • Policy

        • India

        • 2005

        Integrated Energy Policy

        …Chair of the Planning Commission, an expert commitee was established to develop an comprehensive energy policy in 2004. The Integrated Energy Policy, released in August 2006, addresses all aspects of energy, including energy security, access and availability, affordability and pricing, efficiency and the environment.In relation to renewable energy, the policy proposed:- the phase-out of capital subsidies by the end of the 10th Plan linked to creation of renewable grid power capacity;- requiring power regulators to seek alternative incentive structures that encourage utilities to integrate wind, small hydro, cogeneration and so on into their systems, and the linking of…

        • Policy

        • India

        • 2006

        Integrated Energy Policy

        …the Planning Commission, an expert committee was established to develop a comprehensive energy policy in 2004. The Integrated Energy Policy, released in August 2006, addresses all aspects of energy, including energy security, access and availability, affordability and pricing, efficiency and the environment. The broad vision behind the energy policy is to provide safe and convenient energy at the lowest cost in a technically efficient, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable manner -thereby reliably meeting the demand for energy services of all sectors, including the energy needs of vulnerable households in all parts of the country.On energy efficiency, the IEP proposes…

        • Policy

        • France

        • 2022

        Power Purchasing Act

        …framework for national load-shedding implementation and the prohibition of all luminous advertising in the event of a threat to the security of electricity supplydefining rules (notably a raise in GHG limits) enabling the extended use or reactivation of  the last two domestic coal-fired power stations: Cordemais, still in operation, and Saint-Avold which was closed in March 2022 and could restart temporarilysimplifying standards applicable to biogas projectsb- Consumer affordability policies:freezing of the ceiling for the ARENH tariff, which applies to non-historic energy suppliers when purchasing EDF nuclear power production, at 120 TWh per year until 2025…

        • Policy

        • Vanuatu

        • 2013

        Vanuatu National Energy Road Map (NERM) 2013-2020

        …towards the use of regular bulk deliveries to outer islands.

         
        Targets:

        Reduce the cost of distributing all petroleum products in Vanuatu by 5% in 2015 and 10% in 2020;
        Improvements in Health, Safety and Environmental Standards. All Operators to meet new standards by 2020.

         
        3) Affordability: A more affordable and low cost of energy services in Vanuatu
         
        Description:

        Address consumers’ current ability to pay for connection and on-going tariffs;
        Explore options (ficial and technical) to increase affordability for both on-grid and off-grid consumers;
        Promote least cost investment in the electricity sector;
        Introduce price monitoring for petrol, kerosene…

        • Policy

        • European Union

        • 2020

        European Commission’s Renovation Wave Strategy

        …in the construction sector. The EU must adopt an encompassing and integrated strategy involving a wide range of sectors and actors on the basis of the following key principles: -‘Energy efficiency first’ as a horizontal guiding principle of European climate and energy governance and beyond, as outlined in the European Green Deal 9 and the EU strategy on Energy System Integration 10, to make sure we only produce the energy we really need; -Affordability, making energy-performing and sustainable buildings widely available, in particular for medium and lower-income households and vulnerable people and areas; -Decarbonisation and integration of renewables…

        • Policy

        • Maldives

        • 2010

        Promote renewable energy technologies (Policy no. 5, Maldives National Energy Policy and Strategy 2010)

        …the economic feasibility for renewable energy projects that are environmentally and socially sound.
        Assist the development of the renewable energy sector in increasing its contribution to the energy supply through the introduction of incentives and/or access to green funding that will attract the participation of the private sector.
        Strategies from related policies:
        Introduce incentives to power sector developers by facilitating access to grants, concessional finance and duty concessions to ensure affordability of energy supply(Policy: Provide all citizens with access to affordable and reliable supply of electricity)
        Achievement: In order to attract relatively large financing from the private sector…

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