Academy

Powering Sustainable Energy Utilities

The World Bank

The World Bank
Utilities are central to reliable, affordable electricity—vital for growth, jobs, and better living standards. In many developing countries, they face rising costs, falling revenues, high losses, weak governance, and limited regulation, threatening financial sustainability, deterring investment, and slowing progress toward universal energy access (SDG7).

The Powering Sustainable Energy Utilities Impact Program addresses this urgent need by building the capacity of utility leaders and policymakers to design and implement effective distribution reforms. It focuses on improving utilities’ operational efficiency, financial management, and customer service.

Utility executives and senior officials from energy and finance ministries will:

  • Gain actionable insights, tools and real-world case studies through peer-to-peer learning, south-south knowledge exchanges, and strategic partnerships. 
  • Apply their knowledge to  improve utility performance, attract sustainable financing, and expand access to reliable electricity.
  • It supports policy and management improvements that enhance efficiency, financial performance, and private sector participation to accelerate utility transformation.

Partners: Regional and international utility associations such as the Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA), the Utility Knowledge Exchange Platform (UKEP),  

Program initiation: January 2026

Participating countries: TBC

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