Session

Energy for a Just Transition: Challenges and Responses to Energy Poverty

Topic: Planification, Energy Integration and Regional Development
Session information

Energy poverty remains a key challenge for advancing toward a truly just energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean. This session will open a space for regional dialogue to highlight the importance of the issue, share recent lessons learned, and promote its incorporation into the region’s public and technical agendas.

The meeting will also serve as a lead-up to the First Regional Meeting on Energy Poverty in Brazil, providing elements to enrich the discussion and strengthen cooperation among institutions and countries. The session will address methodological advances, technical assistance experiences, and common challenges related to the definition, measurement, and incorporation of energy poverty into public policies.

It will also seek to promote a more coordinated regional agenda, with better information systems, comparable approaches, and more effective policy responses, in coordination with ECLAC, OLACDE, and other relevant stakeholders.

Day: Friday, 9 October 2026
Hour: 14:00 - 15:30
Topic: Planification, Energy Integration and Regional Development
Speakers of the Energy for a Just Transition: Challenges and Responses to Energy Poverty session
Andres rebolledo
Andrés Rebolledo
Executive Secretary
OLACDE
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Marina Gil Sevilla
Official in Charge of the Energy Unit
ECLAC
Julian Oggero
Julián Cortés Oggero
Researcher
Energy Poverty Network (RedPe)
Arianna Spinelli
Arianna Spinelli
National Director of Energy
Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining
Ronny Rodríguez Chávez
Ronny Rodriguez Chavez
Deputy Minister of Energy
Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica
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Ernesto Acevedo Peña
Renewable Energy Director
Ministry of Energy and Mining Dominican Republic
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Hugo Lucas Porta
Director of Knowledge, New Business Models and Competitiveness
Institute for Energy Diversification and Conservation - IDAE
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Thiago Prado
President
EPE
Rafael Poveda Bonilla
Rafael Poveda Bonilla
Senior Specialist in Governance, Public Policy, and Regulation in the Mining and Energy Sectors
International Consultant