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ECA is delighted to work again with AMDA on its second annual benchmarking report for the mini-grid sector in Africa.   Share this article:

ECA has been engaged to advise on arrangements for supplying petroleum products to the island of St Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.   Share this article:

Since deregulation of the supply market in the UK over two decades ago, the regulator has tended to leave it to the supply companies to decide the design of the tariffs charged to end-users. This has changed recently with regulatory interventions to limit the number...

On 1 November 2020 Greece reached a significant milestone by launching the European Target Model for the operation of its wholesale electricity market. Initial implementation was reported as being successful. However, as early as December 2020 the Regulatory Authority...

ECA has been engaged by the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) to support the development of InfraCredit’s Green Energy Investment Strategy. InfraCredit, a PIDG investee, provides local currency guarantees to enhance the credit quality of debt instruments...

ECA is supporting the Asian Development Bank in designing demand response and energy efficiency programmes in Vietnam and an accompanying loan to fund initial installations. ECA's services include a legal review, proposed amendments to existing regulations and...

We have been awarded a contract to advise on opportunities for private sector participation in electricity transmission in the Middle East and Africa.   Share this article:

The Israel electricity sector is undergoing substantial changes. Most notable, the Government of Israel (GoI) is introducing reforms to create competitive markets both on the supply and retail side. Modelling the Israeli Electricity Market at a unit level using PLEXOS...

ECA has been appointed by the World Bank using funding from the NDC Support Facility to assist the Government of the Philippines in accelerating climate investment through carbon pricing instruments. The support follows on from previous assistance provided by ECA on...

Earlier this month, Ofgem published its RIIO-2 Final Determinations for the electricity and gas transmission and gas distribution sectors, and the electricity system operator. ECA, as part of a CEPA-led consortium that also includes AFRY, Gridlines and ChandlerKBS,...

On 15 December 2020, Greece’s Public Power Corporation launched the sale of a 49% stake in the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO). Expressions of Interest are due on 29th January 2021. Having advised the regulator on the allowed revenue...

ECA is supporting the Southern African Power Pool and the SADC Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in delivering a five-day training program on integrated resource planning (IRP). Unusually the training program is oriented not to practitioners but to...

We are thrilled to learn that the Sumatra Merang Peatland Project (SMPP) is making good progress. ECA supports this project via the Althelia Climate Fund, managed by our partner Ecosphere+. The SMPP focuses on protecting and restoring more than 22,934 hectares of...

ECA’s Nick Haralambopoulos will be joining other esteemed regulatory specialists for a panel discussion on the features of successful economic regulation on 11 December 2020. This will be part of a commemorative event for the 20th anniversary celebrations of the...

The Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution is a combination of a post-covid recovery package while simultaneously confronting that other great global challenge; decarbonisation. The greening of our homes and public buildings is a prominent...

ECA has been contracted by Papua New Guinea's electricity regulator ICCC to review the electricity contract between ICCC and PNG Power Limited.   Share this article:

ECA has been asked to advise on a request for connection of specific plants to the gas transmission network, which is only allowed under exceptional circumstances. We will review the technical and economic case for permitting these connections.   Share this...

The announced 10-point plan for net zero carbon emissions for the UK is full of grand targets but is very short on implementation. The announced levels of expenditure do not stack up with the targets and there is very little in the way of solid programmes for...

ECA has been appointed by the Authority for Public Services Regulation to provide economic support for the price control reviews of the Main Interconnected System (MIS) Distribution and Supply companies (D&S-PCR6), Dhofar Power Company (DPC-PCR4), and Rural Area...

On 22 October 2020, the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) approved the allowed revenue methodology for the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO), which was subsequently published in the Greek Government Gazette on 26 October 2020. The...

ECA, together with BRE and Karanovic/Partners, is extending support previously provided to North Macedonia by the REEP Plus programme for the drafting and adoption of the Law on Energy Efficiency, in preparing relevant secondary legislation, compliant with the...