Africa-Press – Mozambique. The cooperation partners supporting Mozambique’s Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) in the electricity sector suggest that the Electricity Concession Granting Regulations include a requirement for companies to share the technical studies conducted for energy projects.
Cooperation partners believe that failure to share the technical study should result in a penalty for the proponent, which could result in authorization being revoked.
The meeting with cooperation partners took place on Friday, August 8, in Maputo, as part of the review of the legal framework, and was chaired by MIREME permanent secretary António Manda, who shared his views on the review of the legal framework for the electricity sector.
After the presentation of the Universal Access Fee Regulations, which were widely discussed, participants were given clarity on the mechanisms for collecting the universal access fee, whether it will be levied on any energy production and generation infrastructure intended for export, as well as on the incidence of the fee, whether levied at the production site, at the receiving site, or at the border.
Specifically regarding the Universal Access Fee, the ministry permanent secretary reaffirmed that this instrument will enable the mobilization of financial resources to partially cover the costs of home connections, benefiting low-income families.
In July, MIREME began the process of consulting on the legal framework for the extractive and energy sector. This process has taken place in all provinces of the country, followed by the compilation of comments from the consultations of specific groups and associations.
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