This study was undertaken following a request for assistance from the Permanent Secretariat of the CAPP/PEAC (Central African Power Pool or Pool Energétique de l’Afrique Centrale). It addresses the need for a regional power policy in the ECCAS economic community. The PEAC Secretariat and national administrations in the region see such a policy as a means to accelerate the regional power market development.
During during March and July 2011, EUEI PDF supported the development of ToR for an Energy Policy and Strategy for the region, for which PEAC could then tender respective consulting services from its own resources. The activity involved close coordination with the PEAC secretariat and ECCAS member states.