Electricity regulators, stakeholders, and experts from South Africa, India, Mexico, and Brazil convened in Cape Town from 19-21 May 2010, to explore the challenges of regulating the electricity sector to support renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Vulnerable groups and communities of poor end-users in Brazil, the groups who are most drastically affected by energy policy, should be much more actively involved in decision-making during its development, according to the Brazilian Electricity Governance Initiative (EGI) team.