India Energy Stack: Best Practices for Digital Backbone of India's Power Sector Transformation

India's power sector transformation, through the proposed India Energy Stack, is positioned to be as profound as its fintech revolution.

- DRUMMI BHATT

Preface: As the Power Ministry launches this bold vision, there are crucial lessons and global best practices to follow to ensure the successful rollout in the longer term. While the Energy Stack is being built for India, its lessons and technologies should light the way for other nations to follow, helping them leapfrog their own energy challenges.

Introduction: Energy Security as the Bedrock of National Strength

Energy security defines a country's independence, resilience, and its place in the global order. In the current volatile times, it is necessary for a growing and aspirational nation like India to have uninterrupted access to affordable, reliable, and clean energy. From powering the entire nation to enabling digital inclusion and economic mobility, energy touches every aspect of India's growth story.

Historically, energy shortages have constrained India's ambitions. But today, as global geopolitics increasingly revolve around energy sources—whether fossil fuels, rare earths, or renewable technology—India is beginning to flip the script. Through a bold and forward-looking transformation of its power sector, the country is building not just energy capacity, but energy sovereignty. And at the heart of this shift lies a revolutionary idea: that digitalization is not the reward for achieving reliability and decarbonization—but the means to get there.

In the same way that UPI transformed India's financial ecosystem, the recently launched India Energy Stack (IES) is set to reimagine how electricity is generated, distributed, consumed—and most importantly, how it is governed. This is what will lead nearly one and a half billion people of India towards true and sustained empowerment.

What is the India Energy Stack?