The Regional Electricity Regulators Association of Southern Africa (RERA) is a formal association of independent electricity regulators whose establishment was approved by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministers responsible for Energy in Maseru, Lesotho on 12 July 2002. The Association was officially launched in Windhoek, Namibia on 26 September 2002 and it provides a platform for effective co-operation between independent electricity regulators within the SADC region.

LEA was officially admitted as a member of RERA by the Executive Committee on 18 March 2005. The LEA chairs the RERA Committee on Facilitation of Electricity Supply Industry, Legislation and Regulations. The membership to RERA is open to electricity supply industry (ESI) regulators in each country within SADC. Each country is limited to a single membership. Members of RERA are the Electricity Control Board of Namibia (ECB), the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA), the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority of Tanzania (EWURA), the Energy Regulation Board of Zambia (ERB), the Zimbabwe Electricity Regulatory Commission (ZERC) , the Institute for Electricity Sector Regulation of Angola (IRSE), and the National Electricity Advisory Councel of Mozambique (CNELEC).

RERA has the following three (3) strategic objectives:

Capacity Building & Information Sharing - Facilitate electricity regulatory capaciy building among members at both a national and regional level through information sharing and skills training.

Facilitation of Eletricity Supply industry (ESI) Policy, Legislation and Regulation - Facilitate harmonized ESI policy, lagislation and regulations for cross-border trading, focusing on issues concerning access to transmission capacity and cross-border tariffs

Regional Regulatory Cooperation - Deliberate and make recommendations on issues that affect the economic efficiency of electricity interconnections and electricity trade among members that fall outside national jurisdiction, and to execise such powers as may be conferred on RERA through the SADC Energy Protocol.

In 2007 and 2008 the Zimbabwe Electricity regulatory Commission (ZERC) and Tanzania Electricity and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) hosted the annual conferences and AGM. Here are some of the presentations that were made during the last RERA Conference and AGM.