Introduction to Licensing

A license is a document which grants special permission to a specified company to develop and run power stations and dams specified in the license, including conditions and rules of operation.

ERA derives its powers to issue, modify or revoke licenses from the Electricity Act, CAP 157, and one of our key functions is to receive and process applications for licenses for the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of Electricity. The Law also empowers us to prescribe conditions and terms of licenses and to modify issued licenses.

Objectives of Licencing Electricity Project

Types of Licences Issued by ERA

Licencing Framework

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