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Workshop on Regional Tariff Methodology and Contractual Best Practices :

ERERA organized a workshop on Tariff Methodology and models of Standard Contracts used for cross border electricity exchanges, incluing power purchase agreements and agreements for the use of the transmission system, in Accra , Ghana from 3rd to 5th April , 2013.

Within the framework of the establishment and the development of the regional electrictiy market, ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority  ( ERERA ) has undertaken a number of regulatory studies aimed at establishing a legal and regulatory framework for the effective implementation and operation  of the ECOWAS regional electricity market.

Lot No. 2 of the regulatory studies includes , the definition of a tarriff methodology for determining transmission costs and the development of a reference guide for best practices.

The workshop brought together key stakeholders in the development and implementation of these studies.

Documents for the workshop are available under the documents tab.

The 3rd Regional Electricity Regulatory Forum will was held from 20th to 21st November at the King Fahd Palace Hotel in Dakar, Senegal. The forum was co-hosted by the Commission de Régulation du secteur de l’Électricité (CRSE),www.crse.sn/ .

Theme

Bridging the Gap between Electricity Demand and Sustainable Supply in West Africa : The Regulartory Imperative.

Target Audience

• Regulatory Authorities or Agencies
• Electricity Utilities
• Ministries of Energy , Ministries of Finance
• Financial  Institutions
• Parliamentarians
• Academics
• Researchers
• Consumer Associations
• Civil Society Associations
• Employers Associations
• Regional and International Institutions
• Development Partners
• General Public

Please send enquiries to thirdforum@https://www.erera.arrec.org.

ERERA will organize the second Regional Forum on the regulation of the electricity sector from November 22nd to 23rd  at Belle Cote Hotel in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

This event is to be co-chaired by His Excellency Adama TOUNGARA, Minister of Mines, Petrol and Energy of Côte d’Ivoire and His Excellency James Victor GBEHO, President of ECOWAS Commission. Its main objectives are:

Updating the roadmap of ERERA

• Adoption of the Regulation on the Consultative Committees
• Installation of ERERA’s Regulators and Operators committees
• Sharing of conclusions and recommendations of the update of the ECOWAS revised Master Plan for the generation and transmission of electricity

The Forum brings together the actors in the electricity sector of the member states of ECOWAS, namely: the representatives of the Ministries in charge of energy, the national regulatory authorities, the electricity utilities, allied regional and international institutions and development partners.

The workshop was aimed at supporting the institutional and capacity development of West African energy regulators. Topics treated included review of basic regulatory principles, cost of capital, risk assessment, data collection and dissemination of information, asset depreciation and uniform system of accounts.

The workshop brought together several national regulatory bodies and Ministries in charge of energy of ECOWAS Member States.