Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited

Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL)
Parastatal
Industry Power generation
Founded 2001
Headquarters Block C, Victoria Office Park
6-9 Okot Close, Bukoto
Kampala, Uganda[1]
Key people
 Proscovia Margaret Njuki[2]
Chairperson
Harrison E. Mutikanga[3]
CEO
Products Electricity
Website Homepage

The Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) is a parastatal company whose primary purpose is to generate electric power for use in Uganda and for sale to neighboring countries. As of December 2017, UEGL's generation capacity was 380 megawatts, with that capacity planned to increase to over 1,300 megawatts, by 2023.[4]

Location

The headquarters of UEGCL are on the third floor of UEDCL Towers, 37 Nakasero Road, Nakasero Hill, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. Its coordinates are 0°19'35.0"N, 32°34'38.0"E (Latitude:0.326389; Longitude:32.577222).[5] The company maintains a second office at 18-20 Faraday Road, Amberly Estate, in Jinja,[6] approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi), by road, east of Kampala.[7]

History

UEGCL was incorporated by the Uganda Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in 2001,[8] following the break-up of the Uganda Electricity Board.[9]

Operations

UEGCL is responsible for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the power stations owned by the Ugandan government.[10]

In 2002, UEGCL executed a 20-year operational, management, and maintenance concession to Eskom Uganda Limited, a subsidiary of South African energy company Eskom, to cover the two power stations UEGCL owned at the time: Kiira Power Station and Nalubaale Power Station. Eskom sells the electricity it generates to the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) as the authorized single buyer. UETCL resells the power to Umeme, the energy distributor, which then sells it to the public.[11]

Planned initial public offering

In January 2015, the UEGCL chairman announced plans to list shares of company stock on the Uganda Securities Exchange in an initial public offering within the following two years. The funds raised will be used to develop more electricity generation stations, thus adding to national electricity output. At that time, UEGCL owned 380 megawatts of generating capacity, with a goal to increase to 563 megawatts in 2018 and 1,213 megawatts in 2020.[12]

Power stations

Operational stations

Power stations in development

Governance

UEGCL is governed by a seven-person board of directors whose chairman is Proscovia Margaret Njuki. Other UEGCL board members include (a) Zachary Baguma Atwooki, (b) Jennifer Bataringaya Lubaale, (c) Zeridah Zigiti, (d) Nixon Kamukama and (e) Mark Martin Obia.[2] The chief executive officer is Harrison E. Mutikanga.[3] In August 2017, UEGCL received the ISO 9001: 2015 certification, becoming the first Ugandan government agency to receive this certification.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ UEGCL (2015). "UEGCL Contacts". Kampala. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 Muhame, Giles (24 November 2016). "Eng Njuki Appointed UEGCL Board Chairperson". Kampala: Chimpreports Uganda. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 Businge, Julius (8 February 2015). "Leading Uganda's power generation efforts". The Independent (Uganda). Kampala. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Nasasira, Roland (20 December 2017). "UEGCL to increase power generation". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Google (10 September 2014). "Location of The Headquarters of UEGCL at Google Maps" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  6. ↑ UEGCL (19 August 2015). "Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited: Offices". Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL). Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  7. ↑ GFC (11 September 2014). "Road Distance Between Kampala And Jinja With Map". Globefeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Editor (26 September 2016). "Electricity Generation Company UEGCL sees rare profits in 2015". The Independent (Uganda). Kampala. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  9. ↑ European Times (2 October 2012). "Uganda Electricity Generation Company: Electricity-Generation Enterprise Focusing On Hydropower". EuropeanTimes.Com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  10. ↑ UEGCL (19 August 2015). "Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited: Company Profile". Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL). Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  11. ↑ Olanyo, Joseph (5 August 2012). "ESKOM to Invest $20m on Nalubaale, Kiira dams". The Observer (Uganda). Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  12. ↑ Wesonga, Nelson (22 January 2015). "Electricity company to sell stock share to the public". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  13. ↑ Otage, Stephen (17 August 2015). "Govt signs Shs270 billion Muzizi hydro-power deal". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  14. ↑ Ladu, Ismail Musa (15 August 2017). "Uganda signs deal to export power to Congo". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

Coordinates: 00°19′35″N 32°34′38″E / 0.32639°N 32.57722°E / 0.32639; 32.57722

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