Heating the Way Forward: A Sustainable Vision for Europe and Central Asia
We are pleased to announce the publication of our collaboration with The World Bank on a framework for sustainable heating in Europe and Central Asia, where heating remains dependent on fossil fuels and inefficient technologies. The new framework calls for reducing heating demand through energy efficiency in buildings and changing user behaviors, bolstering and decarbonizing[…]
DHInfrastructure working with Maryland’s residential utility consumer advocate to protect gas customers
We are working with Maryland’s residential utility consumer advocate to protect gas customers. Our report, “Maryland Gas Utility Spending”, found that without significant regulatory action, gas utility customers will see substantial and continuing increases in their gas bills in the coming years to pay for accelerating capital investment spending by utilities. DHInfrastructure’s Director of Utility[…]
CUB study: Utility company investment targets will up Minnesotans’ gas bills
Citizens Utility Board of Minnesota just released a study on gas infrastructure spending in Minnesota that was prepared by DHInfrastructure’s Brendan Larkin-Connolly and Christopher Parcels. We are always proud to support utility consumer advocates, like CUB, that play a vital role in the regulatory process. This topic of gas infrastructure capital investment is highly relevant[…]
PPP Americas 2023: Partnerships with Purpose
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will hold the PPP Americas Conference in Panama City next week to bring together public and private-sector professionals to discuss groundbreaking topics and exchange ideas on planning, structuring, and managing public-private partnerships (PPPs). In preparation for this year’s conference and together with the IDB, we recently wrote a Discussion Paper[…]
2023 Company Retreat
A few weeks ago, after a long hiatus, some of us were again able to get together–in person–for a short company retreat. The pandemic years were challenging but also forced some useful changes, and created new opportunities. One of the changes was the opening of a new office in Worcester MA (more on that later),[…]
Concept Note for the PPP Talk panels on Driving Inclusion and Measuring Impact
As mentioned in a previous post, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) holds the PPP Americas Conference every two years to bring together public and private-sector professionals from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to discuss groundbreaking topics and exchange ideas on planning, structuring, and managing public-private partnerships (PPPs). Jaime Hurtado, a senior manager at DHInfrastructure,[…]
Concept Note for the PPP Talk panels on Climate Investment and Digital Transformation
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) holds the PPP Americas Conference every two years to bring together public and private-sector professionals from Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss groundbreaking topics and exchange ideas on planning, structuring, and managing public-private partnerships (PPPs). Jaime Hurtado, who works as a senior manager at DHInfrastructure, is helping the IDB[…]
DHInfrastructure Consultants’ Support at the OPERA Annual Meeting in Fiji
The Office of the Pacific Energy Regulators Alliance (#OPERA) is a forum for the energy regulators of the #pacificislands region to enhance regulatory decision-making skills and technical capacities. DHInfrastructure consultants had the opportunity to support OPERA’s Annual Meeting last week in #fiji. Denzel Hankinson kicked off a series of workshop days by leading an Introduction[…]
Africa Utilities
Last year, DHInfrastructure completed a first-of-its-kind study with the The World Bank, African Development Bank Group, and Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA) assessing the performance of more than 70 electricity utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa on more than 60 indicators of financial, operational, and transparency and accountability performance. The data from this study are[…]
Cost Recovery and Financial Viability of the Power Sector in Developing Countries
We are grateful to have had the opportunity to work with the World Bank on “Cost Recovery and Financial Viability of the Power Sector in Developing Countries: Insights from 15 Case Studies”. The paper analyzes the determinants of success for reforms aimed at improving financial viability and cost recovery in the power sector, and the[…]