The Global Energy Transfer Feed in Tariff (GETFiT) Project has released the 2016 Performance Report, commending ERA for creating a good regulatory environment that has attracted private investment in Uganda’s Electricity Sector.
The Report highlights the achievements of GETFiT in 2016, one of them being the commissioning of the on-grid 10 MW Solar Power Plant, the biggest in East Africa, located in Soroti District. Other achievements include; commencement of full construction of four Hydropower Plants and another Solar Power Plant.
The Report lauds the former ERA CEO Dr. Benon Mutambi for having created the GETFiT model which has become successful and being emulated by Zambia, Ethiopia and Ghana.