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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...

ECA has been appointed by the Energy Community Secretariat to assess the potential and viability of different technologies for producing, transporting and deploying hydrogen in the Contracting Parties of the Energy Community, with a focus on the gas, electricity and...

The European Commission published its EU Hydrogen Strategy on 8 July 2020, setting out a vision of a significant role for hydrogen in achieving decarbonisation by 2050, recognising the difficulties of decarbonising some sectors purely through electrification and RES....

This month, ECA welcomes Alex Schmid to the team. Alex is a London School of Economics graduate with an MSc in Local Economic Development, and a BSc in Geography with Economics. Having grown up in Perth, Australia and Munich, Germany, he is fluent in both English and...

ECA has been appointed by the World Bank's Partnership for Market Readiness to conduct a review of carbon pricing instruments (CPIs) in the energy sector in the ASEAN region and the potential for enhanced cooperation between them.   Share this article:

The Asian Development Bank has released a new report on options for renewable energy subsidy mechanisms in Indonesia. The report draws extensively on analysis and recommendations developed by ECA with PT Castlerock. Taking geothermal projects as an example, the report...

ECA has been engaged by the IED and the GMG Facility Kenya, on behalf of the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority, to update the mini-grid regulations that ECA drafted in 2017. The assignment will also include activities to facilitate more rapid regulatory...

ECA, together with BRE, is furthering support previously provided to BA-Fed by the REEP Plus programme of the EBRD, in harmonising a subset of its legislation with the requirements of the Energy Performance in Buildings and Energy Efficiency Directives. This is the...

ECA has been engaged by the World Bank to deepen its understanding of viable models for providing non-utility/non-piped water services to urban areas of cities in developing countries across the world. The assignment will examine the roles of technological innovations...