Energy

TARU’s niche and unique engagement in the Energy Sector focuses on three issues commonly identified among the most challenging to State-level reforms in the Sector: stakeholder communication, agricultural power subsidy reform and power theft.

Our large-sample baseline studies and impact assessments in Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Haryana were among the first longitudinal studies in the country tracking consumer perceptions on reform and its perceived and actual benefits. The Stakeholder Communication Strategies we developed in Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Punjab, based on wide-ranging consultations and studies of approaches and lessons from AP, Haryana, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh (UP), were crucial to interpreting reform for internal stakeholders.

TARU’s work on options for better agricultural power subsidy management in AP and MP is some of the most advanced work on the issue and our research on rural theft, undertaken with a view to understanding its motivations, arrangements, potential mitigation measures and challenges in implementing them, has been widely appreciated for its insight.