Southeast Asia is characterized by fast economic growth and increasing energy demands when compared with other regions of Asia. The region is also characterized by strongly diverging institutional conditions that impose significant problems when trying to develop and implement policies at the regional level. Southeast Asian countries are facing a paradox regarding their energy future. In order to promote energy efficiency, the region needs to engage in an energy model that is less reliant on fossil fuels and to start to engage in policy reforms that seek to address rooted fossil fuel subsidies with a cleaner and environment-friendly energy plan being endorsed. Researchers seem to share a common view regarding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region dependency on fossil fuels and its underdeveloped renewable energy sector that bring significant potential to secure the region¿s energy future.