ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA)
ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA)
ERERA
Sectors Regulated:
Electricity
- Energy Commission Building, Ghana Airways Road, Airport Residential Area
PMB 76 Ministries Post Office Accra, Ghana - +233 302 817 047
- info-at-erera.arrec.org
- www.erera.arrec.org
Regulatory Authority General Information
- Joined ERRA in 2011
- Established in 2008
Responsibilities
- Legal basis/ mandate
- ECOWAS Supplementary Act A/sa.2/1/08 of 2008 and ECOWAS Regulation C/Reg.27/12/07 as amended.
- Responsibilities
- Regulation of cross-border electricity connections and trading among ECOWAS member States (establishment of transparent tariff setting methodology for regional power pooling; technical regulation; monitoring of regional market operations; resolving disputes among regional market participants; contributing to the development of regional energy policy and assisting in building capacity of National Regulatory Bodies.
- Authorities
- • Independence: Independent regulator.
- • Reports to: ECOWAS Council of Ministers.
- • Appeal process: ERERA’s decisions are appealed to the ECOWAS Court of Justice on issues of law.
Organisational Structure
- Internal Structure
- Board of 3 Council Members, one of whom is Chairman. They are appointed for a single non-renewable term of five years by the ECOWAS Council of Ministers.
- Working Employees
- • Decision-Making Level: 3
- • Total Number of Employees: 20
- Budget
- License fees; ECOWAS subvention and grants.
Annual Report
Information will be available at a later stage.