Preview: The growing demand for energy has raised some questions pertaining to energy transitions in the recent years: larger access to energy, switch from traditional bioenergy to modern and cleaner energy, and security of energy supplies. These issues have important areas of intersection amongst them. Notably, however, policies toward achieving these goals often pose trade-offs, making it difficult to achieve them simultaneously.  For instance, “energy for all” and the shift to cleaner energy might be fiscally burdensome and raise energy import-dependence, both having obvious implications for energy security. An analysis of recent policies aimed at accomplishing the three goals (“energy for all,” renewable energy, and energy security) and discussing the possible policy trade-off occupies center-stage in this paper.