Lesotho Energy Policy 2015-2025.

This Lesotho Energy Policy 2015-2025 is made with the vision that energy shall be universally accessible and affordable in a sustainable manner, with minimal negative impact on the environment. The Policy is aimed at contributing towards the improvement of livelihoods, contributing towards economic growth and investment, ensuring security of supply and contributing towards the protection of the environment. The Policy makes the following statements, and creates specific objectives and strategies for their realization, including; government will introduce appropriate institutional and regulatory framework for the management and development of the energy sector; government will ensure that sufficient information and data on all energy resources become available and are regularly updated; government will ensure sustainable supply of bioenergy resources; government will improve access to renewable energy services and technologies; government will promote energy efficient practices and equipment in all sectors of the economy; government will ensure the security of electricity supply in the country; government will develop and sustain a reliable and efficient transmission network in order to avoid interruptions in the power supply; government will increase access to electricity for all socio-economic sectors to meet electrification targets within the framework of reliability, affordability and efficiency; government will ensure transparent and competitive electricity market operations where participating players have equal opportunities; government desires to ensure more connections and utilization of electricity by end-users; government will take measures to ensure security of supply of petroleum products; government will ensure petroleum products are available and equitably distributed across the country; government will ensure wider access to petroleum products and related services accessible to the end-users; government will create an enabling environment that will attract investment and financing at all levels of the energy sector value chain; and, government will ensure that energy prices allow cost-recovery and that price setting is transparent. The Policy includes a graphical proposed model for the energy sector and roles of the institutions in the energy sector.