Powering the Clean Cooking Transition: The Emerging Role of Electricity Utilities

Watch our ESMAP webinar to explore how utilities can expand access to modern cooking services while strengthening customer engagement, increasing electricity demand, and contributing to broader development goals. The growing interest in utility-led e-cooking initiatives reflects a significant opportunity to leverage existing utility infrastructure, financing mechanisms, and customer networks to accelerate clean cooking adoption at scale — and to align utility growth objectives with energy access, health, and environmental outcomes. Hear directly from the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) program, TANESCO, and the World Bank Group on the fundamentals of e-cooking, lessons learned, and key implementation considerations. You will learn how to make the business case for utility engagement in clean cooking, apply real-world utility experiences in cooking, utility-led financing, and energy efficiency programs, and identify practical opportunities to integrate clean cooking into utility operations.