This work presents a phenomenological approach to interdisciplinary energy research from a bottom-up perspective. The life-world methodology sheds light on multilevel off-grid energy governance in Namibia by exploring the process of modernization through its four dimensions: differentiation, rationalization, individualization, and domestication. This research concludes that a shift in (off-grid) energy governance is occurring in tandem with the meaning of “electricity is Life” experienced through the energy practices of everyday life.