viernes, 10 de noviembre de 2017

Recomendaciones de Nick Butler para la transición energética

Basadas en el informe de Dieter Helm (que todavía no he leído), aunque con algunas perlas propias, que me recuerdan a un sitio mucho más cercano:
Third, keep ministers and inexperienced officials out of the process that allocates contracts. Ministers should set the policy objectives but delivery should be managed by people who know what they are doing. This seems obvious when considering the provision of healthcare but tends to be ignored when it comes to energy. Any country embarking on the development of a new policy should study the abysmal track record of the UK’s energy department in 2013 when ministers and officials made gross mistakes first in forecasting future prices and then in negotiating with highly experienced and well-funded companies backed by lavish lobbying efforts. Needless to say the companies won. The consumer lost and will be paying the bill for decades to come. 
I would go further and encourage countries to ban ministers and officials from going through the revolving door to work for any company involved in a public policy decision with which they have been involved.

1 comentario:

Fernando Leanme dijo...

No estoy de acuerdo. Ministros dan la dirigencia política necesaria para asegurar que la burocracia responde a los intereses de los electores. Crear una casta de mandarines que toma decisiones libre de la presión popular lleva a casos como el de China, donde el pueblo se ahoga en aire sucio y es envenenado por sustancias tóxicas horribles. La clave es tener un gobierno con ministros que saben cómo acomodar la tensión y pensar a largo plazo.