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August 18, 2020
Ugandan Regulators Draft Isolated Grid System Regulation to Achieve Rural Electrification Goals: For the past three years, regulators from Uganda’s Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) have been working to engage stakeholders in an ongoing effort to update Uganda’s Isolated Grid System Regulation, which will be instrumental in increasing rural electrification through small scale generation systems.; Read More

July 28, 2020
Ethiopian Regulator Drives Investment in the Energy Sector through Improved Financial Reporting: The Ethiopian Energy Authority (EEA) has made strides in implementing a Uniform System of Accounts (USoA), which will help to strengthen Ethiopia’s regulatory frameworks to oversee the energy sector and attract the investment the country needs to expand electricity access.; Read More

July 17, 2020
NARUC International: Publications, Partnerships, and Events (July 2020): To help you keep informed of our latest developments and upcoming activities, we have compiled a document of July 2020 updates.; Read More

July 13, 2020
Infographic: Markets Promote Energy Independence by Increasing Transparency and Investment: With support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has produced a new infographic titled "Markets Promote Energy Independence by Increasing Transparency and Investment."; Read More

June 30, 2020
Exploring Africa's Mini-Grid Tariff Methodologies: Under funding from the Energy Division of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), this report summarizes NARUC’s research to analyze mini-grid tariff setting in African countries.; Read More

June 26, 2020
International Cooperation through Papua New Guinea Electrification Partnership (PEP) Assists Regulators in Meeting Ambitious Energy Targets: Regulators in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are working hard to meet electrification targets set by the government of PNG and supported by the Papua New Guinea Electrification Partnership (PEP), a joint effort by the governments of PNG, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan that aims to connect 70% of the country’s population to electricity by 2030.; Read More

June 1, 2020
Kenyan Regulators Advance Open Access Market Framework and Rule to Expand Electricity Access and Promote Regional Power Trade: Through support from USAID and Power Africa, the Kenya Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) is working toward a more transparent electricity transmission and distribution system through the development of a Transmission Open Access Market Framework and Rule.; Read More

May 26, 2020
The Impact of the NARUC Women in Energy Regulation Internship Program on Current and Former Interns: To get a closer look at how the NARUC Women in Energy Regulation internship has impacted participants’ personal and professional interests, we sought reflections from both a current and former intern.; Read More

May 19, 2020
Women in Energy Regulation Internship Program Works to Advance Gender Equity in Africa: With support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Power Africa, NARUC is working to advance the cause of gender equity within the energy regulatory community.; Read More

May 14, 2020
Evaluating the Prudency of Cybersecurity Investments: Guidelines for Energy Regulators: These guidelines are specifically designed to help energy regulators make reasonable, prudent, and effective cybersecurity investments.; Read More

May 1, 2020
A Cost of Capital and Capital Markets Primer for Utility Regulators: The third component of our Tariff Toolkit, this primer is a guide to helping utility regulators around the world understand the capital markets and estimate the cost of capital, which is one of the elements of effective cost-based ratemaking and developing cost-reflective tariffs.; Read More

April 28, 2020
The Utility Regulator's Role in Promoting Cybersecurity: Resilience, Risk Assessment, and Standards: This guide provides a useful summary of international cyber standards so that regulators can have a starting point to more easily evaluate options for their national and/or regional contexts.; Read More

March 9, 2020
Regulatory Accounting: A Primer for Utility Regulators: The second component of our Tariff Toolkit, "Regulatory Accounting: A Primer for Utility Regulators" is a guide to the structure and function of a system of accounts that regulated utilities can use to ensure they are accurately recording and categorizing financial transactions and presenting coherent data to the regulator.; Read More

October 29, 2019
Promoting Transparency and Public Participation in Energy Regulation: A Communications Primer for Utility Regulators: This primer focuses on developing a set of recommendations, or a pathway, that regulators in countries with emerging economies may want to consider when designing a communications strategy for engaging the public and key stakeholders.; Read More

June 17, 2019
Zambian Regulators Advance Framework to Support Off-Grid Electricity Development: Leaders in Zambia have set into motion a profoundly important effort to expand access to affordable, reliable electricity. For isolated and remote communities, officials believe that off-grid systems will serve as an essential component to increasing access to modern electricity services in Zambia.; Read More

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The Ethiopian Energy Authority (EEA) has made strides in implementing a Uniform System of Accounts (USoA), which will help to strengthen Ethiopia’s regulatory frameworks to oversee the energy sector and attract the investment the country needs to expand electricity access.

To help you keep informed of our latest developments and upcoming activities, we have compiled a document of July 2020 updates.

With support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has produced a new infographic titled "Markets Promote Energy Independence by Increasing Transparency and Investment."

Under funding from the Energy Division of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), this report summarizes NARUC’s research to analyze mini-grid tariff setting in African countries.

Through support from USAID and Power Africa, the Kenya Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) is working toward a more transparent electricity transmission and distribution system through the development of a Transmission Open Access Market Framework and Rule.

To get a closer look at how the NARUC Women in Energy Regulation internship has impacted participants’ personal and professional interests, we sought reflections from both a current and former intern.

With support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Power Africa, NARUC is working to advance the cause of gender equity within the energy regulatory community.

These guidelines are specifically designed to help energy regulators make reasonable, prudent, and effective cybersecurity investments.

The third component of our Tariff Toolkit, this primer is a guide to helping utility regulators around the world understand the capital markets and estimate the cost of capital, which is one of the elements of effective cost-based ratemaking and developing cost-reflective tariffs.

This guide provides a useful summary of international cyber standards so that regulators can have a starting point to more easily evaluate options for their national and/or regional contexts.

This primer focuses on developing a set of recommendations, or a pathway, that regulators in countries with emerging economies may want to consider when designing a communications strategy for engaging the public and key stakeholders.

Leaders in Zambia have set into motion a profoundly important effort to expand access to affordable, reliable electricity. For isolated and remote communities, officials believe that off-grid systems will serve as an essential component to increasing access to modern electricity services in Zambia.