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9-656: The offices of the ERA are located in the New ERA House at 5C-1 Third Street, Lugogo Industrial Area, Kampala Central Division , in the country's capital city. The coordinates of New ERA House are 0°19'18.0"N 32°36'18.0"E (Latitude:0.321667; Longitude:32.605000). ERA was established in 2000, in accordance with the Electricity Act of 1999, as an agency of the Uganda Ministry of Energy, Oil and Mineral Development . This parastatal

18-491: A kitchen, gymnasium and breastfeeding parlor. Other intelligent and conservation features include electronic entry and exit doors, bicycle parking racks and two stand-by solar systems. The building also has a cafeteria and a 133-seater conference theater. The budgeted cost of construction was USh34.4 billion (approx. US$ 9.8 million), according to Ziria Tibalwa Waako , the Chief Executive Officer of ERA, as quoted by

27-661: Is governed by a five-member board, also known as the "Authority". The day-to-day affairs of the agency are supervised by the chief executive officer . Organizations and committees within the purview of the ERA include the Rural Electrification Board and the Electricity Consumer Committees. One of the responsibilities of the agency is the issuance of licenses to electricity wiremen/wirewomen in Uganda, who totaled nearly 2,000 as at November 2018. A member of

36-513: The Daily Monitor . However, actual construction expenditure was USh26.7 billion (approx. US$ 7.6 million), with savings of USh7.6 billion (approx. US$ 2.2 million). ROKO Construction Company , a Ugandan engineering and construction firm, was awarded the engineering, procurement and construction contract. Archtech Consults (Uganda) Limited , a Ugandan consulting engineering company was appointed as Owner's Engineer. The government of Uganda funded

45-524: The AfDB. 00°19′20″N 32°35′13″E  /  0.32222°N 32.58694°E  / 0.32222; 32.58694 Electricity Regulatory Authority House Electricity Regulatory Authority House , also New ERA House , is a commercial office building constructed between June 2018 and September 2021, in Kampala , the capital of Uganda , and the largest city in that country. The building serves as

54-479: The Authority also chairs a 5-person Installations Permit Committee, which is responsible for interviewing applicants for installation permits, processing of new permits, renewal of permits and undertaking disciplinary measures against permit holders who violate the terms and conditions of their permits. The authority is supervised by a board of directors, chaired by Sarah Wasagali Kanaabi. The chief executive officer of

63-507: The authority is Engineer Ziria Tibalwa Waako . In December 2021, the annual African Development Bank ’s 2021 Electricity Regulatory Index selected Uganda's electricity sector as the best-regulated on the African continent, for the fourth consecutive year. By extension, Uganda's Electricity Regulatory Authority is the best electricity sector regulator in Africa, for four years running, according to

72-448: The central business district of Kampala, City. Under construction since June 2018, the office complex consists of a six storied office tower, underground parking, perimeter fencing, courtyard, gate houses and gates as well as paved ground-level parking. New ERA House is a "smart, green building", with elevator surveillance, monitored energy usage and natural air conditioning. The office building can accommodate 120 workers, and includes

81-479: The headquarters of Electricity Regulatory Authority , (ERA), the Uganda government agency responsible for the regulation, licensing, and supervision of the generation, transmission, distribution, sale, export, and importation of electricity in that country. The skyscraper is located at 5C1 Third Street, in the Industrial Area of Kampala, Uganda's capital. This is approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of

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