Eastern Africa Power Pool, Independent Regulatory Board Delegates Visit ERERA

Eastern Africa Power Pool, Independent Regulatory Board Delegates Visit ERERA

A joint delegation of the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) and the Independent Regulatory Board (IRB) visited ERERA on October 4 and 5, 2022 in Accra, Ghana.

The visit was part of a study tour to ECOWAS institutions including the Energy Directorate of the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, Nigeria and the West African Power Pool (WAPP) based in Cotonou, Benin designed to facilitate knowledge transfer and build the capacity of the members of the delegation through first-hand knowledge and experience in the process of establishing a functional regional energy regulatory institution.

Members of the Eastern African Power Pool and Independent Regulatory Board with some of ERERA staff in Accra

(Left to right): ERERA Chairman, Mr. Laurent Tossou, the Director General of the  Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) of Tanzania and Head of Delegation of the visiting Eastern Africa Power Pool and the Independent Regulatory Board, Mr. Modestus Lumato and the Chairperson of the Electricity Regulator Authority (ERA) of Uganda, Mrs. Ziria Tibalwa Waako at the opening of the work session in Accra

Members of the delegation and ERERA staff during the study visit

ERERA Regulatory Council Member, Dr Haliru Dikko (left) and the Director General of the  Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) of Tanzania and Head of Delegation of the visiting Eastern Africa Power Pool and the Independent Regulatory Board, Mr. Modestus Lumato signing a Memorandum of Understanding to their deepen relations

Dr. Dikko and Mr. Lumato (right) about to exchange the signed MOU