ECA NEWS

David Williams of ECA joined the ERRA team to provide a multi-day training course in Muscat. David led discussions on wholesale energy market pricing, renewable energy procurement, plus retail tariff design. Thanks go to OPWP for their generous hospitality and strong...

In October, the Isle of Man’s parliament (the High Court of Tynwald – the world’s oldest continuous parliament) agreed to recommendations set out in Manx Utilities’ Pricing Strategy.  The recommendations, covering electricity, sewerage and water charges, were based...

At the recent APEC summit in Port Moresby, leaders from the USA, Japan, Australia and New Zealand pledged support for achieving 70% electricity access in Papua New Guinea (PNG) by 2030. This is the first step towards implementing the 1.8 billion dollar National...

With the support of ECA, the Energy Community Secretariat and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) today published a new set of Policy Guidelines for the region’s development of Energy Efficiency Obligation (EEO) schemes. EEO schemes are the...

ECA has been contracted by CCWater to provide an update to the advice provided in 2017 on the allowed cost of capital for regulated water companies in England and Wales, in preparation for Ofwat’s 2019 price review.

ECA Director, Nick Haralambopoulos, delivered a seminar on setting allowed revenues in the regulated segments of the gas sector in the context of the 6th Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) Training Course on Natural Gas Market Regulation, that took place on...

Wastewater is one of the biggest untapped resource that can provide clean water, energy and other products such as fertilizers, when properly managed and treated. The World Bank has engaged ECA to investigate what policy, institutional and regulatory (PIR) incentives...

On 20 November, ECA presented the draft methodology for calculating tariffs for ancillary services such as voltage control and black start that might be procured under a regulated process, if needed for a transitional period. Rob Barnett presented to the National...

ECA has the pleasure of hosting five officials from EWURA (the mainland Tanzania electricity regulator) and ZURA (the Zanzibar electricity regulator) at our offices in London for a two week capacity building programme. Our capacity building team is presenting on a...

ECA recently concluded a study entitled “Methodologies and parameters used to determine the allowed or target revenue of transmission system operators” for the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). The objective of the study was to document and...

Electricity storage devices are widely expected to become the must-have add-on to electricity systems increasingly supplied by intermittent renewables. As battery technology has rapidly come down in price, deployment to provide fast-delivery ancillary service has...

ECA has been contracted by the EBRD to support the Government of Albania update its primary Energy Efficiency Law to ensure full compliance with the requirements of Directive 2012/2/EU (the “Energy Efficiency Directive”) as transposed for Energy Community Contracting...

Fiji recently passed a new Electricity Act, which directs the corporatisation of the electricity utility and the adoption of a more rigorous and transparent method of setting electricity tariffs.  Through Asian Development Bank funding, ECA is undertaking a cost of...

On behalf of the electricity Ministry and power utility companies in Sudan, ECA is providing capacity building support to help attract independent power producers (IPPs) to build, own and operate power generation plants and sell the output to the single buyer under...

ECA is supporting the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in an update of an power system investment planning study for Malawi, with a focus on understanding the underlying potential demand for electricity and the need for new generation investment.

ECA is part of a consortium of firms assessing the market potential for small scale LNG usage in Namibia. We will assess demand volumes and potential offtakers across key transport corridors in Namibia and the wider region. This will help in sizing a possible...

ECA recently presented the key findings of the study “Methodologies and parameters used to determine the allowed or target revenue of transmission system operators” undertaken for the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) to stakeholders (regulatory...

The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has published its energy sector strategy 2019-2023 for public consultation here. ECA has supported the Bank in parts of the underlying analysis by developing a regional electricity dispatch model for the West...

We are delighted to extend ECA’s regulatory support to Ofgem’s gas networks team. ECA Managing Consultant Martin Siner will continue to be seconded at Ofgem until December to help in the preparation of RIIO-2.

The European bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), have contracted ECA to continue in our support of the Energy Regulatory Agency of Montenegro, in the process of implementing performance-based incentives for the regulation of network entities. The work...

The Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) have contracted ECA to provide training to the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company on matters of wholesale electricity market pricing, tariff formulation and cost recovery mechanisms, and support schemes for...