Alongside Sustainable Development Goal 7 and related policies, another potential strategy for enhancing access to energy services that are reliable, high quality, affordable, sufficient, sustainable and modern consists in theorizing and establishing “energy rights”. In critical dialogue with other attempts to theorize and implement a right to energy, we propose that it is possible to theorize a human right to electricity access from the perspective of social groups, experiences, and worldviews from the Global South. To support this claim, we present the case study of Luz y Fuerza del Pueblo, a social movement operating in the state of Chiapas, southeastern Mexico. We show that this organization’s understanding of and approach to electricity depends on the convergence of Mayan cosmovisiones (worldviews) and Christian views mediated by Liberation Theology. Members conceive electricity as both a part of the whole and a fundamental entitlement that should not become marketable or be linked to capital accumulation. Moreover, the movement presents a non-hierarchical structure, has a strong commitment to territory control, an anti-capitalist attitude, a keen focus on cooperation, and implements “politics of place”. We argue that both the worldview and the type of socio-political arrangement of Luz y Fuerza del Pueblo as well as the lived experience of its members suggest the possibility of theorizing a specific right to electricity access. Overall, our findings and proposal can benefit energy scholars and practitioners who are interested in exploring, defining, implementing and enforcing a specific right to electricity in more pluralistic and inclusive ways.

除可持续发展目标7和相关政策外，另一种潜在的战略是在理论上和建立“能源权利”，这是增加获得可靠，高质量，负担得起的，充足的，可持续的和现代的能源服务的途径。在与其他理论化和实施能源权的尝试进行批判性对话后，我们建议有可能从社会群体，经验和来自全球南方的世界观的角度，对获得电力的人权进行理论化。为了支持这一主张，我们介绍了在墨西哥东南部恰帕斯州开展的一项社会运动Luz y Fuerza del Pueblo的案例研究。我们表明，该组织对电力的理解和方法取决于Maya cosmovisiones的融合（世界观）和解放神学介导的基督教观点。成员认为电力既是整体的一部分，又是基本的权利，不应成为可销售的产品，也不应与资本积累联系在一起。此外，该运动具有非等级制结构，对领土控制具有坚定的承诺，具有反资本主义的态度，热衷于合作，并实行“地方政治”。我们认为，Luz y Fuerza del Pueblo的世界观和社会政治安排的类型，以及其成员的生活经验都表明有可能对特定的电力获取权进行理论化。总体而言，我们的发现和建议可以使有兴趣探索，定义，