Deepening regional power connectivity: Beyond the industry-centric perspective

This Perspective is attempted to broaden the scope of the debate on regional power connectivity to go beyond factors that are proximate to the electricity industry. It turns to major regionalist studies as a source of insights for identifying the wider connects of regional power connectivity, i.e., aspects of the geo-political, socio-economic, and cultural contexts that are significantly affected by, and affect the case for, regional power connectivity. These insights are then translated into three suggestions as to how to deepen regional power connectivity based on an appreciation of its wider connects. This Perspective represents a point of departure from the existing, industry-centric, perspective on the topic that is largely neglectful of the significance of the wider contexts within which regional power connectivity has been progressed. It therefore contributes to the development of more effective policy solutions for deepening regional power connectivity.