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Table 1 Timeline of Uganda’s electricity sector reforms

From: Electricity peak demand in Uganda: insights and foresight

Dates

Reforms

June 1999

Government approves the power sector restructuring and privatization strategy

November 1999

The new electricity Act is passed

April 2000

The Electricity Regulatory Authority becomes operational

March 2001

The Uganda Electricity Board is unbundled and three companies created and registered namely: UEGCL, UETCL, and UEDCL

May 2001

Concessions for generation and distribution are advertised

November 2002

Concession for generation awarded to Eskom Enterprises

February 2003

Appointment of the Rural Electrification Board to oversee the Rural Electrification Trust Fund (RETF)

2005

UMEME awarded concessionaire to operate for 20 years to purchase electricity in bulk from UETCL and distribute it along low voltage electricity lines to individual customers

  1. Source: Karekezi et al ([21])