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The Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA) is a formal association of independent electricity regulators whose establishment was approved by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministers responsible for Energy in Maseru, Lesotho on 12 July 2002. The Association was officially launched in Windhoek, Namibia on 26 September 2002 and it provides a platform for effective co-operation between independent electricity regulators within the SADC region.
RERA has the following three (3) strategic objectives:
- Capacity Building & Information Sharing - Facilitate electricity regulatory capacity building among Members at both a national and regional level through information sharing and skills training.
- Facilitation of Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) Policy, Legislation and Regulations - Facilitate harmonized ESI policy, legislation and regulations for cross-border trading, focusing on issues concerning access to transmission capacity and cross-border tariffs.
- Regional Regulatory Cooperation - Deliberate and make recommendations on issues that affect the economic efficiency of electricity interconnections and electricity trade among members that fall outside national jurisdiction, and to exercise such powers as may be conferred on RERA through the SADC Energy Protocol.
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We are RERA
The membership to RERA is open to electricity supply industry (ESI) regulators in each country within SADC. Each country is limited to a single membership.
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