Our Mandate

The mandate of The EDT is stipulated in Section 109 of the Electricity Act provides as follows;

(1) “The Tribunal shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters referred to it relating to the electricity sector.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, the jurisdiction to hear the tribunal does not include the trial of any criminal offence or the hearing of any dispute that a licensee and any other party may have agreed to settle in accordance with their agreement.

Without prejudice to the generality of the provision of the law, the EDT entertains disputes relating but not limited to the following;

Electricity Sector Regulation Issues

Licensing Issues

Tariff Issues

Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution Issues

Way leaves and Routes of Power Supply Lines

Compensation Issues and Consumer Related Complaints

Key Activities

The main activity is engagement in dispute resolution between different parties including UEDCL, UETCL, ERA, UMEME, Independent Power Producers and Promoters as well as consumers

The dispute resolution mechanisms take the form of;