Energy And Petroleum Regulatory Authority Epra

The management of epra is vested with the board of directors which consist of.

Energy and petroleum regulatory authority epra.

The petroleum regulator has said that this was an alignment. In a statement director general pavel oimeke said the authority is currently in transition to. Open jobs deputy director petroleum. This follows coming to effect of the energy act 2019.

Petroleum fuels constitute the main source of commercial energy in kenya. Kenya is a net importer of petroleum products and has a refinery owned and managed by the kenya petroleum refineries ltd kprl an 800 km cross country oil pipeline from mombasa to nairobi and western kenya with terminals in nairobi nakuru eldoret and kisumu run by the kenya pipeline company kpc. Read more about this company. The energy and petroleum regulatory authority erpa is established under the energy act 2019 with responsibility for the economic and technical regulation of the electric power renewable and petroleum sub sectors.

The energy regulatory commission erc has announced it has begun the process of transitioning to become energy and petroleum regulatory authority epra following the signing into law of the energy act 2019 by president uhuru kenyatta last month. The energy and petroleum regulatory authority epra is established as the successor to the energy regulatory commission erc under the energy act 2019 with an expanded mandate of inter alia regulation of upstream petroleum and coal. Mr keter wanted the law changed to allow the energy and petroleum regulatory authority epra board forward three candidates from where he will choose one to head the energy regulator. The energy and petroleum regulatory authority epra is established as the successor to the energy regulatory commission erc under the energy act 2019 with an expanded mandate of inter alia regulation of upstream petroleum and coal.

The energy regulatory commission has changed its name to energy and petroleum regulatory authority which took effect on march 28 2019.