Demand Side Management & Renewable Energy in India: Capacity Building of Civil Society Organisations (DREC Project) Supported by ClimateWorks Foundation, USA through Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation (SSEF), India Project Overview State Level Launch Meeting August 06, 2011, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Gaurav Shukla DREC

2 Outline  About CUTS International  Context  Key Challenges  DREC Project  Project Details  Project Features  Execution Plan  Activities

Genesis: Consumer rights organisation est. in Broad areas of work: Trade, Regulation and Governance Active programmes on competition, economic regulation and consumer policy and law issues in 30 countries of Africa, and Asia…. and growing 3 CUTS Centers CUTS International

Renewable Energy : Fuel for Future & Development Context

Key Challenges Tariff and cost Lack of awareness Resource crunch Recognition of CSOs 5

Project Details Objective: Capacity building & awareness generation among CSOs for demand side management & renewable energy Outcomes:  Change in mindset of the consumers  Strengthen CSOs representation in regulatory process Outputs:  Reports  Policy briefs  Newspaper Articles 6

7 Project Features  States – West Bengal & Gujarat  Duration – Two years ( )  Components – Research, advocacy & capacity building  Approach – Bottom-up

8 Execution Plan CUTS C-CIER Local CSOs and other stakeholders VIKSAT Gujarat CUTS CRC West Bengal Reporting Support & Training Advice & Guidelines

9 Preparatory work State level launch meeting Baseline consumer survey State level paper & synthesis report State level training workshops (2) Consumer interface meetings (2) Final consumer survey State level policy advocacy meetings National policy advocacy meeting National Conference Activities

10 “The Earth, The Water and the Air, not a gift to us from our parents but a loan for our children” Gaurav Shukla, CUTS International