Facing ambitious renewable energy goals, rising electricity demand and other challenges, the Jordan Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) partnered with NARUC to exchange information and gain knowledge on these and other pressing issues. Through the partnership, the ERC also sought to enhance customer protections, build institutional capacity, encourage private investment and renewable integration, and improve training of internal staff.
With the support of the United States Agency For International Development (USAID), NARUC experts helped Jordanians during the partnership analyze and improve their tariff structures to ensure that utilities were financially viable and consumers paid fair rates. NARUC also helped the ERC develop and administer a demand-side management program, providing hands-on and interactive exercises to help the foreign regulator gain insights into practical implementation challenges.
Amid broader reforms to bolster renewable energy integration, NARUC worked with Jordanian officials to develop technical performance indicators for distribution, transmission and generation utilities as part of the licenses the Jordanian regulator granted to utilities.
Project Dates: 2009-2012 (Closed)
Partner: Jordan Electricity Regulatory Commission
Partnership Exchange on Energy Efficiency
September 2012
Workshop on Technical and Non-Technical Electricity Losses
May 2012
Workshop on Renewable Energy
September 2011
Partnership Exchange on Methodologies of Program Administration, Resources Planning, and Tariff Structure
January 2011
Workshop on Renewable Energy Pricing
July 2010
Partnership Exchange on Incentivizing Investment in Renewable Energy Generation
May 2010
Partnership Exchange on Fundamentals of Regulation
August 2009
Introductory Partnership Exchange on Regulatory Principles
May 2009