Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa

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Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa
RERA
 
 
Organization type Multinational Association
Seat of the organs Windhoek , NamibiaNamibiaNamibia 
Member States

see members

founding

July 12, 2002

 
Power line in South Africa

The Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA) is a sub-organization of the SADC states for the cooperation of their national electricity and energy regulators . The secretariat is located in Windhoek in Namibia .

aims

The purpose of this international organization is to harmonize regulatory policies, laws, standards and procedures and to ensure effective cooperation among the member states.

The Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA) develops guidelines for cross-border electricity trading and investments in this sector among the member states and in this way sets framework conditions for the respective national regulatory authorities.

history

The organization was founded by the energy ministers of SADC on July 12, 2002 during a conference in Maseru .

The basis for their creation are agreements within the framework of NEPAD and several multilateral agreements:

  • SADC Protocol on Energy, 1996
  • SADC Energy Co-operation Policy and Strategy, 1996
  • SADC Energy Sector Action Plan, 1997
  • SADC Energy Activity Plan, 2000.

RERA formally commenced operations on September 26, 2002 in Windhoek. The organization was registered under Namibian law on October 3, 2003.

In the SADC Regional Energy Access Strategy and Action Plan of March 2010, the intention was declared to extend the remit of the RERA to other energy sources.

Members

As of November 2016, the following national authorities are members of the RERA:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Elijah C. Sichone: RERA Regulatory Principles . Lecture material from the RERA-NARUC Regulatory Course, July 27th to 31st, 2009 in Midrand . online at www.naruc.org (English)
  2. ↑ a b RERA-Secretariat: Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa . RERA 2015 (PDF document p. 1, English)
  3. ^ Union of International Associations: Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA) . on www.uia.org (English)
  4. ^ Southern African Development Community: SADC Regional Energy Access Strategy and Action Plan . at www.euei-pdf.org (PDF document p. 31, English)
  5. ↑ Gloria Magombo: Update on Regional Regulatory Initiatives . at www.erranet.org (PDF document p. 8, English)
  6. ^ Instituto Regulador do Sector Eléctrico . on www.irse.gov.ao (Portuguese)
  7. ^ Lesotho Electricity and Water Authority . at www.lewa.org.ls (English)
  8. ^ Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority . at www.meramalawi.mw (English)
  9. ↑ Conselho Nacional de Electricidade ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . on www.cnelec.org.mz (Portuguese) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cnelec.org.mz
  10. ^ Electricity Control Board . at www.ecb.org (English)
  11. ↑ Energy Regulation Board . at www.erb.org.zm (English)
  12. ^ National Energy Regulator . on www.nersa.org.za (English)
  13. ^ Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority . at www.ewura.go.tz (English)
  14. ^ Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority . on www.zera.co.zw (English)
  15. ^ Swaziland Energy Regulatory Authority . on www.sera.org.sz (English)