The Engage series is a suite of resources developed by IIGCC in collaboration with members and stakeholders to support effective investor stewardship and meaningful engagement across key themes and sectors. This page focuses on Grids, highlighting the specific challenges, opportunities and policy context for the transition.
Grids: Primer provides useful context for investors seeking to engage with grid stakeholders. It outlines the critical role these stakeholders can play in achieving net zero, the technical and policy challenges they face and the competing objectives they must balance.
Six key barriers to accelerating grid deployment and modernisation are identified. While much of the analysis is based on European examples, reflecting the engagement focus of IIGCC members, the issues highlighted are expected to be increasingly relevant as other regions advance their decarbonisation journeys.
This primer is accompanied by Grids: Tool for engagement, which provides specific questions investors looking to accelerate progress around grid deployment and modernisation may wish to put to policymakers and regulators.
It aims to support investor dialogue with policymakers and grid operators. Key policy asks and corporate engagement questions are organised by thematic topic, accompanied by a brief description of the issues and what investors might expect to see covered in a comprehensive response.