Energy justice revisited: A critical review on the philosophical and political origins of equality

Pellegrini‐Masini, Giuseppe; Pirni, Alberto; Maran, Stefano

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2019.101310

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“…Beyond that, there is also a matter of democratic legitimacy: selecting a proxy electorate based on green attitudes clearly attributes a higher status to green lobby's members who would get to vote both for the general parliament and for the future generations' representation seats. Obviously, this is at odds with the principles of universal suffrage and ultimately of formal equality and procedural justice, indicated by several authors as founding principles of energy justice (see McCauley et al 2013;Pellegrini-Masini et al 2019b). In fact, energy justice, as it has been argued (McCauley et al 2013), should be founded on the tenet of procedural justice among others, which implies the equal rights (formal equality) of all citizens to contribute to the process of formation of energy policies.…”

Section: Intergenerational Energy Justice: Implementing Institutionalmentioning

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Energy Justice and Intergenerational Ethics: Theoretical Perspectives and Institutional Designs

Pellegrini‐Masini

Corvino

Löfquist

2019

Energy Justice Across Borders

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In this work, we discuss how both contractualism, in the Western tradition, and communitarianism, in the African interpretation based on the idea of Ubuntu, conceptualise intergenerational justice. Even though both philosophical theories, taking into account differences and shortcomings, provide theoretical answers to intergenerational justice dilemmas, the implementation of actual policies in the interest of future individuals does not follow straightforwardly. Accordingly, in the second part of the chapter, we analyse what policy tools have been implemented or conceived to deliver intergenerational justice and we advocate a pragmatic approach pointing towards a mix of different policy tools. IntroductionEnergy justice is a relatively new theoretical framework for understanding the sustainability of the energy system and the allocation of burdens and benefits among all those actors that are involved in its various phases: those who produce, deliver, and consume energy and those who are called to manage the corresponding waste. McCauley (2018: 1-2) has recently defined energy justice as "the application of rights (both social and environmental) at each component part of the energy system". As any distributive scheme concerned with the assignment of social rights and the correlative duties among the members of society, energy justice brings with itself the problem of defining its scope. What are the geographical (or political) and the temporal borders that delineate the group of individuals whose rights and duties

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Section: Intergenerational Energy Justice: Implementing Institutionalmentioning

confidence: 97%

Energy Justice and Intergenerational Ethics: Theoretical Perspectives and Institutional Designs

Pellegrini‐Masini

Corvino

Löfquist

2019

Energy Justice Across Borders

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“…Another important dimension that has so far been understudied lies in impacts on environmental, energy and climate justice [63] , [64] : shifts in behaviour, energy provision and access to services may lead to unequal distributional outcomes and further social injustices across generations [65] and across income groups, labour, race, and gender [66] , with the latter being underrepresented in the literature [67] yet central in formation, response and responsibility bearing of energy transitions [68] and intertwined with climate justice itself [69] . At the same time, resulting changes in material consumption may significantly impact manufacturing and, in turn, employment in associated industrial sectors.…”

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The desirability of transitions in demand: Incorporating behavioural and societal transformations into energy modelling

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Lieu

Şorman

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Energy Research & Social Science

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Quantitative systems modelling in support of climate policy has tended to focus more on the supply side in assessing interactions among technology, economy, environment, policy and society. By contrast, the demand side is usually underrepresented, often emphasising technological options for energy efficiency improvements. In this perspective, we argue that scientific support to climate action is not only about exploring capacity of “what”, in terms of policy and outcome, but also about assessing feasibility and desirability, in terms of “when”, “where” and especially for “whom”. Without the necessary behavioural and societal transformations, the world faces an inadequate response to the climate crisis challenge. This could result from poor uptake of low-carbon technologies, continued high-carbon intensive lifestyles, or economy-wide rebound effects. For this reason, we propose a framing for a holistic and transdisciplinary perspective on the role of human choices and behaviours in influencing the low-carbon transition, starting from the desires of individuals and communities, and analysing how these interact with the energy and economic landscape, leading to systemic change at the macro-level. In making a case for a political ecology agenda, we expand our scope, from comprehending the role of societal acceptance and uptake of end-use technologies, to co-developing knowledge with citizens from non-mainstream and marginalised communities, and to defining the modelling requirements to assess the decarbonisation potential of shifting lifestyle patterns in climate change and action.

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“…Thus, energy justice also questions the existing state of affairs in the energy sector and plays a role in formulating what should happen from a perspective of what would be 'just' [13]. This reveals that (striving for) equality as a principle of the rule of law is at its root [27]. The universality of energy justice means that studies on energy justice are typically concerned with three fundamental forms of justice: distributive justice--who gets what?…”

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The Energy Transition: Democracy, Justice and Good Regulation of the Heat Market

Lavrijssen

Vitéz

2020

Energies

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This paper discusses whether the concepts of energy democracy, energy justice and the principles of good market regulation could play a role in developing a more consistent approach towards the regulation of the energy sector. It is concluded that the principles of good regulation can provide a useful framework within which advantages and disadvantages can be weighed of regulatory choices to be made when modernizing the regulation of the energy markets. A case study of the Dutch heat market is used as an example, showing that a lot remains to be gained in terms of flexible regulation and supervision and the facilitation of citizen participation. Both energy democracy and energy justice call for this. The lack of flexibility in the current regulatory framework could lead to ineffective and disproportionate regulation, hindering a sustainable, reliable and affordable development of the heat market. A larger need for flexibility is justified because of the differences between the types of heat networks. Customized solutions regarding unbundling and third-party access, including the modernization of the heat market, also require sufficient discretionary powers for the independent regulator that do not hinder but in fact stimulate the development of the heat market. Furthermore, increased citizen-participation is important in light of energy justice and energy democracy, which are energy specific concepts that overarch the principles of good regulation in the energy sector. Both concepts are based on the awareness that the energy transition is a matter for all citizens of the European Union and should not be ignored by policymakers and independent regulators. Since it is likely that most heat consumers will remain locked in for a relatively long time in natural monopolies facilitated by older generation heat networks and a lack of alternatives, substantive citizen-participation could yield positive results regarding community engagement in heat network management and heat supply.

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Energy justice revisited: A critical review on the philosophical and political origins of equality

Cited by 119 publications

References 21 publications

Energy Justice and Intergenerational Ethics: Theoretical Perspectives and Institutional Designs

Energy Justice and Intergenerational Ethics: Theoretical Perspectives and Institutional Designs

The desirability of transitions in demand: Incorporating behavioural and societal transformations into energy modelling

The Energy Transition: Democracy, Justice and Good Regulation of the Heat Market

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