Eng. Judith Nayiga is the Director Technical Planning and Projects Development at the Electricity Regulatory Authority. In this role, Eng. Nayiga is responsible for providing leadership to the Technical Planning and Projects Development Directorate of the Authority for the effective implementation of ERA’s key functions relating to Electricity Sub-sector Planning, Investment Appraisal, Tariff Research, Economic Analysis, Policy and Regulatory input, Sector research and Data analytics, and stakeholder engagement to support the sustainable, reliable, and least-cost development of the Electricity Supply Industry.
Eng. Nayiga holds a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Power Systems from the University of Bath, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) degree in Electrical Engineering, with a major in Power Systems, from Makerere University. She holds the Energy Efficiency and Planning Diploma from Life Academy Sweden and is pursuing a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA).
Eng. Nayiga is a fully Registered Engineer with the Engineers Registration Board and a Corporate Member of the Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers. She has extensive knowledge of Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution, and over 15 years of experience in the Electricity Supply Industry. She has served the Authority for 10 years. Before joining ERA, Eng. Nayiga had previously worked with Eskom Uganda Limited and Umeme Limited.
She is an Expert at Designing Electrical Networks and Performing Power System analyses using specialized simulation tools. She has led the Review and Implementation of initiatives that have resulted in technical loss reduction, load growth, and improvements in grid access, power quality, and reliability, among others.
She has steered the Electricity Sub-Sector Investments, developed optimized cost estimates, led the Power Sector System Planning and Coordination Committee (SPCC) to harmonize Sector Plans, investments, and simulation tools, and provided technical expertise in setting Performance Parameters for licensees.
She has represented ERA on several technical committees, including NELSAP, which undertook grid designs for the transmission network in the Nile Basin Region; the EAC Energy Sector Workgroup; the Regional interconnections; and the Technical Committee (TC6), which reviews standards with the Uganda National Bureau of Standards. Eng. Nayiga has also carried out Tariff Reviews, developed codes, guidelines, and standards, and established evacuation and interconnection criteria for power plants, as well as project monitoring and Compliance.