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Procedure For Investment

 

      

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Requirements

A person/legal entity who intends to establish a project for which a licence is required shall notify ERA of the intended project.

If the notification does not meet the requirements, the developer will be informed as soon as possible.

a) Financial and legal status, and the technical and industrial competence and experience of the intended applicant;
b) A description of the project and the time-plan for the execution of the project;
c) A review of the use of land for the project and the relation of the project to local authorities;
d) A review of public and private measures necessary to carry out the project;
e) Information relating to permissions required from public authorities;
(f) A description of the impact of the project on electricity supply, socioeconomics, cultural heritage, the environment, natural resources, wildlife; and
(g) Any other relevant information requested by the Authority.

If the notification meets the requirements, ERA will publish it in the Gazette and at least one newspaper of wide circulation.

Notification requirements

ERA shall invite directly affected parties and affected public agencies to make comments on the notice within a fixed period but not less than 30 days after the Publications.

Comments within the specified time
Local communities
Local Governments
NEMA
WRMD
MAAIF
Any other specific to site.

ERA may, in not more than 30 days after the receipt of comments, issue a permit allowing the intended applicant to carryout studies and other activities required to prepare an application.

Prescribed form

ERA shall through a fair, open and competitive process invite applications for any licence.

Fair, Open, competitive process prescribed by ERA by regulations or any other law.

(Notwithstanding above steps)

An application for a licence is made to the Chief Executive Officer of ERA

If the application does not meet the requirements prima facie, the applicant will be informed about the missing items within 30 days.

a) The legal and financial status of the applicant;
b) A technical and economic description of the project;
c) A description of how the project fits in with the existing and planned power supply system;
d) The planned time of commencement and completion of the construction of the project;
e) A view of the project’s adoption to the landscape, including necessary maps and drawings.
f) The impact of the project on public interest and possible mitigation;
g) The results of assessments, including environmental impact assessments, and studies carried out and reports of those assessments and studies.
h) Impacts of the project on private interests, including the interests of affected landowners and holders of other rights; and
I) Consents and permits required under any other law.

Evaluation by the applicant of all comments made in step 3.

 

ERA shall within 45 days after receiving the application cause a notice of the application to be published in the Gazette and at least one national paper of wide circulation.

Contents of notice

Directly affected parties and local authorities shall be invited to lodge with ERA an objection within a specified time being not less than 30 days after the Publications.

ERA shall, where it refuses to grant a licence, give the applicant a statement of its reasons for the refusal within 30 days after the refusal, according to S. 39 (1)

Comments within the specified time
Local communities
Local Governments
NEMA
WRMD
MAAIF
Any other specific to site.

ERA shall process all applications for licences expeditiously and in any case not later than 180 days after the receipt of a complete application.

A person aggrieved by ERA’s decision may appeal to the Tribunal

Factors to be considered for application

a) The energy needs of the country, region or community;
b) The impact of the operation of the undertaking on the social, cultural and recreational life of the community;
c) The need to protect the environment and to conserve the natural resources;
d) Land use and sitting or route of the project;
e) The costs of the project;
f) The ability of the applicant to operate in a manner designed to protect the health and safety of users of the service for which the licence is required and other members of the public who would be affected by the operations of the applicant;
g) The technical, economic and financial capacity of the applicant to render the service for which the licence is required.
h) Energy efficiency;
I) Any representations and objections made under section 37;
j) Other public and private interests affected by the operation for which the licence is required; and
k) The price or tariff offered.

Policies of the Government and any other matter that the Authority may consider likely to have a bearing on the operations of the applicant.

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Refusal to grant licence

 (1) The Authority shall, where it refuses to grant a licence, give the applicant a statement of its reasons for the refusal within thirty days after the refusal.
(2) A person aggrieved by the refusal of the Authority to grant a licence may appeal to the Tribunal.

   
 

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