Uganda\u2019s Electricity Regulatory Framework has been ranked number one in the inaugural Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) for Africa, released by the African Development Bank in June 2018.<\/p>\n
The ERI is a composite index that aimed to measure the level of development of the Electricity Regulatory Sector of African countries based on Industry best practice. The index was composed of three sub-indexes on Regulatory Governance, Substance, and Outcome.<\/p>\n
According to the index, Uganda and Namibia achieved the highest Electricity Regulatory Index scores because the actions and decisions of their Regulators had a positive influence on the utilities\u2019 performance.<\/p>\n
The index noted the critical areas of improvement as decision making in Tariff setting, technical regulation, development of appropriate licensing framework to support off-grid systems, and commercial regulations.<\/p>\n
The Electricity Regulatory Index for Africa is a product of the Power, Energy, Climate Change and Green Growth Complex of the African Development Bank.<\/p>\n
The other countries that participated in the survey were Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, Cameroon, South Africa, Togo, Senegal, Cote D\u2019Ivoire, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and Gambia.<\/p>\n