ECA NEWS

We have been appointed by the Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) to assist the latter in documenting, comparing and evaluating the regulatory approaches adopted by ERRA member organisations in setting the allowed revenues for electricity transmission and...

Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) have mainly been used for renewables in competitive markets in the EU and the US, but they can be used to introduce a limited form of competition in countries that do not have formal electricity markets. Here we explore how...

As part of what now has become an annual tradition, ECA staff hosted an ‘events’ week to bring staff together for working lunches, plus social and team-building events. We kicked-off with an evening 6-a-side football match that resulted in many eager participants and...

This month we welcome our new consultant – Rosie Read. Rosie has 12 years’ experience in the energy and utility sector, with work spanning market design fundamentals, regulatory advisory, developing strategic market models, hydro-optimisation, trading, investment...

Energy Fiji Limited has contracted ECA to provide advice on the implementation of a new rooftop solar policy, including the calculation of cost-reflective customer charges.

For years, Lebanon’s national power utility has not had enough capacity to meet demand and has had high costs and low tariffs. Reducing the resulting fiscal burden is a high priority for the Government. Solutions exist, but they will take several years to fully...

After successfully assisting Malaysia’s Energy Commission, Suruhanjaya Tenaga, to develop the guidelines required for the determination of gas facilities tariff under an Incentive-Based Regulation (IBR) Framework, ECA has been contracted to assist in facilitating the...

ECA Director, Nick Haralambopoulos was one of the instructors at the first Educational Workshop organised by the Energy Regulators Regional Association on Gas Transmission Tariff Setting in Budapest, Hungary on 6-8 May 2019. Nick’s presentation navigated participants...

Safe sanitation services and facilities are basic human rights and many still do not have access to them. ECA not only supports development agencies, plus countries, in developing sanitation policies and regulation (read more here), we have also recently subscribed to...

In accordance with the Energy Efficiency Law, transposing the Energy Efficiency Directive for Contracting Parties to the Energy Community, Kosovo is due to develop a Building Renovation Strategy. The EBRD, under the REEP Plus policy dialogue window, has appointed ECA...

As part of its obligations under the transposed Energy Efficiency Directive for Contracting Parties to the Energy Community, Kosovo is considering the establishment of an Energy Efficiency Obligation scheme in line with its recently adopted Energy Efficiency Law. ECA...

ECA has been contracted by Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) in Jamaica to provide expert advice on tariff designs for the electricity sector.

ECA led a full-day workshop in April for stakeholders from The Gambia, on key issues for the proposed mini-grid policy and regulatory framework which ECA is developing for the country. Stakeholders came from the Government of The Gambia, NAWEC (the national...

ECA has been contracted by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to develop a framework and implementable roadmap for the establishment of a Regional Energy Regulatory Authority for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region.

ECA is adapting its WAIROA© power system simulation/optimisation tool to provide IFC with a simplified version of the model to be used by IFC to scrutinise potential power sector investments in the 12 countries of the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP). WAIROA© can be...

National Grid has legally separated out electricity system operation. In the press, this is hailed as the opportunity to make generation zero carbon – surely the separation was unnecessary for that. What is needed is the harder task of efficiency in the trade-off of...

ECA has been commissioned by the IFC to review existing policies and regulatory frameworks related to distributed generation (DG) and tariff regimes in six Southern Africa countries (Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe) to identify challenges for...

The first (non-binding) market test for Gastrade’s proposed floating LNG terminal in Northern Greece drew capacity bids of 12.2 bcm per year, more than twice its planned technical capacity. The project aims to promote diversified supplies, and increase energy security...

ECA has been contracted by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in the Gambia (funded by the African Development Bank) to develop a policy and regulatory framework for privately-developed and operated green electricity mini-grids to assist in meeting national...

Negative wholesale electricity prices are an increasingly common occurrence in European markets. Although a logical consequence of competitive market forces at play, negative prices are in breach of ENTSO-E guidelines and imply suboptimal load management. Ultimately,...

ECA has been contracted by the EBRD to support Montenegro in the development of its fourth National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP). The work forms part of ECA’s policy dialogue support to the EBRD under the Regional Energy Efficiency Programme Plus.