Cement, Energy & Environment Jan-Mar 2002

NEWS BRIEF ENERGY CHETTINAD CEMENT BETS ON READY-MIX PLANT Business Line, 01 Nov 01 Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd (CCCL), a part of South India Corporation , has launched a ready-mix concrete (RMC) under the brand, 'Ready-Mix Chettinad'. CCCL's Rs. 2.75-crore 30-cubic-metre-per-hour capacity RMC plant at Madukkarai near Coimbatore slated to be commissioned on Olst November 2001. The plant is strategically located to cover consumers in and around Coimbatore, including rural towns like Pollachi, and Palakkad district in neighbouring Kerala. Courtesy: CMA Executive Rotmd-up, 2 Nov. 2001, P 3, URL: cmaindia.org TRANSFORMING TFJE ENERGY SECTOR: TOWARDS NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES Pachauri R.K. 2001 , International journal of Regulation and Governance 1(1): 69-78 Governance issues related to the energy sector are complex and are assuming increasing importance with respect to sustainability of natural resources. Though the approach to independent regulation and governance of the energy sector in the developing countries have drawn on the record and performance of entities in the developed world, the challenges faced are greater and more complex given the differences in class structure and social forces in the two societies. Heavy subsidies present one su ch complication. Independent 46 regulation can however, become an important factor inmaximizing the welfare of the people and in simultaneously bringing about improvements in the efficiency of an energy enterprise. Tackling the problem of fuel poverty in the developing world would dictate a move towards local government in energy decision-making. Attaining sustainable development is another important challenge. In this respect, the developing countries have to guard against rigid action or narrow1y prescribed regulations that create actions that could harm the public. Effective regulation requires rigorous analysis. Good governance of public goods and services should be such that it effectively uses market– based instruments and prescribes desirable outcomes rather than methods or actions . Given the differences in problems faced by, and the social milieu of, the developed and the developing countries, rigorous and capable intellectual efforts are required that could result in a new paradigm of regulation and the rise of governance structures th~t should be rooted in the philosophy and tenets of sustainable development, unique and different from those in the developed countries. Courtesy: TIDE (Teri Information Digest on Energy), Sep t. 2001, P- 202. E-mail: outreach@teri.res.in Web: www. teriin.org RENEWING INDIA http:// www.renewingindia.org This portal is maintained by the Winrock International India. The web site contains an update on Central and state governments' policies in India on renewable energy. It ... l_ -.