Welcome to Lesotho Electricity Authority

The Lesotho Electricity and (Water) Authority (LE(W)A) is now in its eighth year of existence having been established in 2004 through the Lesotho Electricity Authority (LEA) Act No.12 of 2002. The Authority operates in line with the Government policy on electricity and water supply matters. The LEA is funded by licenced electricity operators and through customer levy.

In 2007 the Government decided that the Lesotho Electricity Authority (LEA) should be transformed to be a multi-sector regulatory body assuming additional powers to regulate urban water and sewerage services in the country. The LEA Amendment Act (2011) which transformed LEA into a multi-sector regulator will come into operation at a date to be determined by the Minister of Natural Resources.

The Authority independently deals with matters such as electricity pricing, complaints handling and resolution and the supervision of the implementation of the Quality of Service and Supply standards (QOSSS) by its licensees.