Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA)

• Joined ERRA in 2002

• Established in 2001

Responsibilities

• Legal basis/ mandate
• Law Regarding Organization & Duties of EMRA No. 4628 Electricity Market Law No. 6446 Natural Gas Market Law No. 4646 Petroleum Market Law No. 5015 Liquefied Petroleum Gases Market Law No. 5307

• Responsibilities
• EMRA regulates; electricity, natural gas, downstream petroleum and downstream liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) markets.

• Authorities
• • Independence: Public authority with administrative and financial autonomy.
• • Supervised by: Court of Account.
• • Reports to: Submits an Annual Report to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.
• • Appeal process: Decisions can be appealed to Administrative Courts.

Organisational Structure

• Organigram
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• Internal Structure
• EMRA’s decision-making body is the Board, comprising of 7 members including the President and the Second-President. There are 12 departments and about 730 staff (excluding the Board members) assigned in the Authority. The President, the Second-President and the Board Members are appointed by the President for 4-year terms. Re-appointment is possible.

• Working Employees
• • Decision-Making Level: 7 Commissioners
• • Total Number of Employees: 734

• Budget
• Licensing, license renewal, license amendment and annual license fees, revenues from publications and miscellaneous revenues, grants provided by international institutions, a portion of the fines, transmission surcharge constitute the revenues of EMRA.

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