Presented by:
PERELINI LAMEKO
Office of the Regulator
CONTENT
1. Background
• Vision
• Mission
• Our Mandate
2. Organization Structure
3. Industry Assessments
– Telecommunications
– Postal Services
– Broadcasting
– Electricity
BACKGROUND
• Our Vision
• A society where all consumers and participants experience
the benefits of well-regulated ICT, postal and electricity
services
• Our Mission
• To facilitate and promote the best interests of consumers
and participants in the ICT, postal and electricity sectors
through the best combination of competition and effective
regulation.
• Our Mandate
a) Telecommunications Act 2005;
b) Broadcasting Act 2010;
c) Postal Services Act 2010; and
d) Electricity Act 2010
Essential elements of various
mandates
• Facilitating the development of the sectors
• Promoting widespread availability / universal access
to the relevant services
• Encouraging sustainable investment in each sector,
RE sources and reduced reliance on imported fossil
fuels in Electricity sector
• Promoting the interests of customers
• Promoting efficiency in the use of resources
• Promoting sustainable competition in means of
delivering consumer benefits in terms of
innovation, service quality and price
• Establishing measures to enforce compliance and
implementation of the policies in the legislation
Regulatory Division
Undertakes regulatory oversight, market analysis and consumer
affairs functions in the sectors within the mandate of the
organization (telecommunications, broadcasting, electricity and
postal).
For these sectors the responsibilities of the division include
overseeing licensee compliance;
market monitoring;
managing issues arising from anti-competitive behaviour;
price regulation;
access and interconnection;
consumer complaint resolution;
quality of service; and
universal access.
Technical Division
• Spectrum Management
• Type Approvals for Telecommunication Equipment
• Numbering Management
• Other Technical Duties eg: Renewable Project,
Awareness Campaigns and Electricity
Electricity Division
Two significant changes were
implemented with enactment of the
new Electricity Act, 2010
• Regulatory authority to OOTR
Licensing
Tariff Setting
• Independent Power Producers –IPPs
BACKGROUND
Electricity Sector and the Electric Power
Corporation (“EPC”)
• Established under Electricity Act 1972, a corporation wholly
owned by government
•
3 broad divisions: Operation, Development and Corporate. Employs
about 400 employees
•
Provides power to 98% of population of Samoa, approximately 34,214
customers - domestic and non-domestic
•
Average total production 114,351,019 kWh per annum. Hydro 34%,
Diesel 65%, 1% RE sources
•
Generation fuel consumption averages 22 million litres diesel / year,
approximately SAT$59 million, represents 60% of total costs
Thank You