The New EGTDS Regulation

A new Regulation for Energy Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Supply was approved in Angola on 25 March by way of Presidential Decree no. 76/21 ("EGTDS Regulation"). The new Regulation replaces Decrees no. 45/01 of 13 July and no. 47/01 of 20 July and entered into force immediately upon being published.

The approval of the new EGTDS Regulation, which was preceded in February by a new Regulation for Independent Power Generation (Regulation no. 43/21 of 12 February), clearly shows a strategic effort by the Angolan Government to update the energy sector legal framework.

The new EGTDS Regulation sets an extensive set of rules that apply throughout the value chain of electricity and, most importantly, lays out the framework for a more competition-friendly Angolan energy sector, of which we would highlight the following: