Access to energy is considered a key factor in development and progress. Especially in informal settlements, provision of energy can be challenging. Alessandro Galimberti outlines how Public Private Partnerships that include local CSOs have been key to solving this problem in many of Brazil’s favelas.

A Formula for Success

Is there an efficient and sustainable way to grant energy access to Brazilian low-income families, thus ensuring that no one is being left behind in this key area of development?

There is, and the formula is the following:

1. Take a wise and favourable legal and fiscal framework designed by the local government;
2. Add an energy utility that understands the huge socioeconomic and reputational benefits of the intervention;
3. Complete with an integrated and holistic approach implemented by a well-established civil society organisation.
4. Enjoy the results, such as annual savings of more than 30,000 megawatt hours, equalling the energy supply for a city of 36.000 people.

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