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The Mandate of the Portfolio Committee on Regional Regulatory Cooperation (PC-RRC)

Mandate

Article 7.4 of the RERA Constitution states, among other things, that there shall be Portfolio Committees constituted by the Portfolio Committees’ Chairpersons which shall execute the objectives and functions of RERA as outlined more fully in Articles 4 and 5. Thus, RERA has four (4) Portfolio Committees, one of which is the Portfolio Committee on Regional Regulatory Cooperation (PC-RRC) and is organised as shown below.

The broad mandate of the PC-RRC as in Article 4 of the RERA Constitution is to:

Deliberate and make recommendations to Members on issues that fall outside national jurisdiction, and to exercise such powers as may be conferred on RERA through the SADC Energy Protocol.

The objective of the Portfolio Committee on Regional Regulatory Cooperation (PC-RRC) is:

To enhance cooperation, coordination and dialogue with the SADC Member States and other regional and international organisations.

The duties and responsibilities of the Portfolio Committee shall be to:

A. Develop, adopt and/or adapt a common set of regulatory principles that would characterise the missions, powers, competences and organization of energy regulatory authorities in the SADC Region

B. Assist Member States in the process of creating energy regulatory authorities and/or implementing legal and regulatory reforms;

C. Conduct periodic regional assessments of the current status of regulatory frameworks and institutions, their competencies, resources and expertise in the SADC region

D. Develop and review frameworks and instruments to promote/enhance cooperation, coordination and dialogue with the SADC Member States and other regional and international organisations;

E. Support other RERA structures in the process of improving national legal and regulatory frameworks of the Member States to facilitate the deepening of regional cooperation and energy trade

F. Participate in relevant activities of the International Confederation of Energy Regulators (ICER), or any other body to which RERA is a Member

G. Report its activities, findings and recommendations to the Executive Committee and Plenary;

H. Carry out any other tasks as given by the Executive Committee and Plenary; and

I. The Committee shall exist and operate as determined by the Plenary.