National Energy Policy.

The National Energy Policy (2018)' goal is to increase access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, efficient and modern energy for every person in the country. The broad objectives of this Policy are: 1)) To strengthen the Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) and make it more efficient to support industrialization, rural transformation, sustainable economic development and wealth creation, as well as regional electricity trading; 2) To ensure adequate production and supply of petroleum and biofuels at affordable prices; 3) To ensure availability of LPG, biogas and natural gas in sufficient quantities at affordable prices for industrial and domestic use; 4) To promote a coal supply industry that is more efficient and competitive, and harnesses clean technologies that eliminate or greatly reduce harmful emissions; 5) To ensure biomass is sustainably used and carbon emissions are reduced through the use of energy efficient technologies; 6) To establish a vibrant, reliable, incentivized and sustainable private sector-driven Renewable Energy Technology industry; and 7) To promote energy programming, budgeting and monitoring that routinely address all aspects of social and economic development in energy programmes and services.
The Policy's Priority Areas for action are: Electricity, Biomass, Petroleum Fuels, Bio-ethanol and Other Biofuels, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Biogas and Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear Energy and Demand Side Management.