Energy democracy and public ownership: what can Britain learn from Latin America?

Renewal - ISSN 0968-5211
Volume 26 Number 4 (2018)

Energy democracy and public ownership: what can Britain learn from Latin America?
Daniel Chavez pages -

Abstract

Uruguay and Costa Rica are world leaders in clean, public, democratically accountable energy. Their success owes much to state-owned companies with the power to drive systemic change.

In the United Kingdom, ‘public ownership’ in the energy sector has become a major demand for the Labour Party. Its real meaning, however, remains ambiguous. Neither the format nor scale of public ownership in the energy sector have been clearly outlined. Many issues remain unresolved. How will public ownership be designed at the local, regional and national level? What functions will be owned publicly, and what will be left in control of the private sector? These are deep, vital questions for the Labour Party to answer in order to deliver lasting change.

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Daniel Chavez (2018) Energy democracy and public ownership: what can Britain learn from Latin America?, Renewal, 26(4), -

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