UGANDA: EFFICIENCY ENFORCEMENT

Better than cursing the darkness, isn't it?

Uganda: Energy Saving Law in Offing
Peter Nyanzi, July 20, 2007 (The Kampala Monitor via AllAfrica)

WHO
Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Energy Minister Daudi Migereko
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WHAT
The African nation’s proposed Energy Conservation Act and an Energy Efficiency Strategy.

WHEN
5 months previous: The Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) Programme, supported by supported by the World Bank and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), distributed 800,000 CFLs donated by lighting manufacturer Osram.

WHERE
Osram is a German company.

WHY
- Previous voluntary measures have been ambiguously successful. Despite distribution of 800,000 free CFLs, which eventually will save 30 megawatts,acute electricity shortages continue.
- Lighting in Uganda consumes 5-25% of total industrial energy cost and 80% of business/home energy cost.
- The national government will enact, along with the Energy Conservation Act and Energy Efficiency Strategy, requirements for supporting local conservation and efficiency measures .
- The Energy Conservation Act and Energy Efficiency Strategy incorporate findings by the government following extensive auditing of consumption habits and patterns.
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QUOTES
Government statement: "We expect the situation to improve as the Ministry is putting into force the Energy Efficiency Strategy for Uganda where an Energy Conservation Act will be developed providing regulations that will enforce the industries to implement the energy saving measures suggested…"