ECA NEWS

Two distribution planning engineers from the Mazoon Electricity Company, one of Oman’s four unbundled electricity distribution companies, are visiting ECA’s London office in November for two weeks of training in the use of an electricity distribution forecasting...

ECA is developing a financing model for Nigeria’s newly privatised electricity distribution companies. The model will be used by the Federal electricity regulator and potential investors to assess the risks and returns of investment in the 11 electricity distribution...

A role for utility-scale solar power in Botswana’s coal-dominated matrix? By conducting RE resource assessments, a review of the electricity sector and energy-system modelling; ECA and technical partners are supporting the Government of Botswana and the World Bank in...

ECA is developing comprehensive support in development of modelling and rules for the Regulator’s price control process. For the TSO, we are supporting the design and rules for market opening and for implementation of an ambitious project to merge the Kosovo...

ECA is to analyse the premia paid by acquirers of water companies in England and Wales, plus the returns made by investors in England’s listed water companies since privatization. The analysis will support ongoing efforts by the Consumer Council for Water to ensure...

ECA contributes to bi-annual publication ‘Focus on Energy’ of the energy and infrastructure practice group of ECA’s long standing partners Karanovic/Nilkolic. The publication provides a comprehensive overview of the energy sector trends in the West Balkans. ECA’s...

Papua New Guinea Power Limited has contracted ECA to provide five weeks of training and capacity building on the subject of contracting IPPs and connecting them to the national grid. The training is a follow up to the work that ECA did preparing the Third Party Access...

ECA, leading a team including RIAA BG and SH Consultants, is supporting the Afghan government in finalising its regulations and policy for PPPs and the development of a pipeline of project opportunities as well as conducting pilot pre-feasibility studies. Afghanistan...

The World Bank has selected ECA and MJMEnergy to develop a gas sector reform roadmap for Pakistan to help address its critical lack of supplies to meet expanding demand. The focus is on the restructuring of gas transmission and distribution segments and the...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has contracted ECA, in combination with the Ministry of Energy and Industry, to prepare a new National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP) for Albania. The new NEEAP is intended to comply with the...

ECA, as part of a team led by Castlerock Asia, is supporting the Indonesian government in defining policy actions to support the sustainable and inclusive development of the country’s energy sector. Successful completion of key actions will trigger access to Asian...

ECA has been appointed by the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) to assist with the development of new tariff designs and of bilateral contract prices and terms consistent with recently issued regulatory decisions on the setting of tariffs and a net pool market...

The World Bank/IFC has contracted ECA to undertake a rapid review of Papua New Guinea's main electricity grids, including identifying and evaluating the main generation and transmission investment options. ECA will then consult with stakeholders and prepare an action...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its interim report on Bristol’s appeal against Ofwat's final determination of the 2014/15 periodic review, allowing a WACC of 3.65%. This is within ECA’s range of 3.0% to 3.75%. So what drove ECA to spearhead a...

The Swaziland Water Services Company (SWSC), with support from the African Development Bank, has contracted ECA to undertake a study of its water tariffs. The goal of the study is to rationalise tariffs such that they optimise SWSC's returns on investment while also...

On behalf of two of Nigeria’s newly privatised electricity Discos, we are helping to identify and package sets of investments in network infrastructure that will be necessary to improve electricity supply and expand access to users.

KfW, the German development bank, is planning a loan to finance the development of provincial city power grids in Vietnam. Inadequate investment in distribution networks is posing a major barrier to reliable electricity supply as demand continues to increase at rates...

Myanmar passed a new Electricity Law in October 2014. This introduces a new system of licensing and regulation including a requirement to establish tariffs in line with industry needs. ECA, as part of a team led by DFDL of Thailand, is drafting regulations for the...

During 2014, ECA worked with the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka on an assessment of the efficiency of electricity generation operations. As part of this, the need for regular auditing of dispatching arrangements was identified. ECA is now assisting PUCSL in...

Sri Lanka’s electricity market follows a single buyer with utility-owned generators and IPPs selling to the transmission licensee. Although PPAs were supposed to be put in place between utility generators and the transmission licensee as part of previous reforms, this...

ECA has been selected by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to assess the security of energy supplies in the Western Balkans. As part of the project we will advise FCO on a suitable strategy in overcoming the main barriers to electricity and gas supply security...