Guidelines & Principles

One of the core values of the Lesotho Electricity Authority (LEWA) is transparency and as such the Authority has to ensure that the stakeholders’ interests are safeguarded in that manner. As a step towards this the Authority has published the LEA Electricity Connection Guidelines, Pass-Through Charging Principle for Bulk Supply Tariffs and Regulatory Accounting Guidelines documents for implementation by electricity licencees.

The purpose of the Connection Guidelines amongst others is to set a standard methodology for determining connection charges for transmission and distribution customers as well as defining the technical requirements and arrangements for the connection.

The revised “Pass-Through Charging Principle for Bulk Supply Tariffs” and Procedure for Implementation Mechanism is aimed at ensuring, as much as possible, that LEC neither over-recovers nor under-recovers in respect of bulk supply costs.

Regulatory Accounting Guidelines must be used by licensed entities in preparing and submitting the required accounting financial information regularly in a prescribed manner to LEWA.