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National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) was elected as the first chair of the formalised African
Forum for Utility Regulators. National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) was also the founding
member of the Regional Electricity Regulators' Association
(RERA) and the
South African Utility Regulators' Association (SAURA), which
were launched in September and October 2002 respectively. The
NER is the chair of SAURA and a chair of one of RERA's portfolio
committees.
The main purpose of RERA is to provide a platform for co-operation between independent electricity regulators within the SADC region. It has three strategic objectives:
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Capacity
building and information sharing: Facilitate electricity
regulatory capacity building among members at both a national
and regional level through information sharing and skills
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Facilitation
of electricity supply industry (ESI) policy, legislation
and regulations: Facilitate harmonised ESI policy, legislation
and regulations for cross-border trading, focusing on
issues concerning access to transmission capacity and
cross-border tariffs; and |
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Regional
regulatory co-operation: Deliberate and make recommendations
on issues that affect the economic efficiency of electricity
interconnections and electricity trade among members that
fall outside national jurisdiction, and to exercise such
powers as may be conferred on RERA through the SADC Energy
Protocol. |
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