The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has suspended licensing of new grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power projects. The suspension originates from concerns over the national grid’s current capacity to…
The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has officially taken over the distribution network from Umeme Limited, marking the end of a 20-year concession period that began in 2004. This…
Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) has appointed Taremwa Michael Kananura as Acting Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Taremwa has been the Chief Finance Officer of UETCL since August 2021 until…
Umeme has earmarked US$3 million (UGX11 billion) for power reliability projects in Lugazi, Jinja, Iganga and Kamuli districts. It will replace rotten poles and string cables on the Lugazi Town,…
The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) to formalize a partnership between them aimed at promoting and implementing a…
Eng. Ziria Tibalwa Waako is the Chief Executive Director at the Electricity Regulatory Authority 2021 marks five years since Eng. Waako assumed the top office in Uganda’s Electricity Supply Industry…
Eng. Judith Nayiga is Manager Planning and Investments at the Electricity Regulatory Authority, heading the Planning and Investment Unit under the Technical Regulation Department, a position she has held since…
When the Yoweri Museveni led National Resistance Army (NRA) marched onto Kampala in January 1986, they took over a city that was poorly lit, its darkness not quite different from…
Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited was incorporated in 2001 initially with the main objective to take over assets transferred to from the then Uganda Electricity Board (UEB); the 180 MW…
Electricity regulatory Authority (ERA) has approved new costs for Electricity Connections to enable members of the Public able meet the full cost of a connection to pay and get connected…
