News and Events
MECS becomes RETA delivery partner
RETA is delighted to welcome Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) as a new delivery partner. Worldwide, nearly three billion people rely on traditional solid fuels, such as wood or coal, for cooking and heating. This has severe implications for health, gender...
RETA third Steering Committee meeting
The third meeting of the RETA Steering Committee was held virtually on the 21 March 2023, with a focus on the delivery of RETA’s five flagship projects. The Steering Committee approved RETA’s 2023 Workplan and a number of new partnerships which will ensure that RETA...
Meeting with African regulators on electric cooking
RETA facilitated the participation of African energy regulators at a meeting held in South Africa by the Climate Parliament and Modern Energy Cooking Services in February. The meeting focused on the transition from polluting cooking fuels to electricity. Regulators...
ICER Virtual Working Group
RETA held its second dissemination workshop on 4 November, in partnership with the International Confederation of Energy Regulators. The International Energy Agency presented its energy efficiency report, and the Regulatory Assistance Project presented its Blueprint...
Eastern Caribbean peer to peer exchange
The Global Green Growth Institute and the Organisation Eastern Caribbean States organised an interactive session on 2 November for energy regulators to discuss Regulatory Guidelines on Interconnection of Customer-Owned Renewable Energy Facilities to the Grid. This...
Renewable Energy Investment Conference
RETA was presented at the Renewable Energy Investment Conference 26-28 October, organised by the Energy Regulators Regional Association and the Council of European Energy Regulators, and hosted by RETA Steering Committee member, the Georgian National Energy and Water...
Second RETA Steering Committee meeting
The second meeting of the RETA Steering Committee took place on 8 September and approved five flagship projects: Small Island Developing States knowledge exchange Principles for interconnectors Decarbonisation in energy regulators’ decision making Real time...
Presentation of IRENA’s report “RE-organising Power Systems for the Transition” at ICER’s July workshop
RETA partnered with the International Confederation of Energy Regulators to provide a dissemination workshop on the International Renewable Energy Agency’s Reorganising Power Systems for the Transition report in July. IRENA’s report explores enablers and barriers to...
Accelerating the Energy Transition Through International Collaboration
The first public event held under RETA “Accelerating the energy transition through international collaboration” took place on 21 June. It brought together Audrey Zibelman, Vice President of Tapestry, X’s Electric Grid Moonshot and Jonathan Brearley, CEO of Ofgem to...