The Eswatini Energy Regulatory Authority, ESERA, is a category A public enterprise which was established in terms of the Energy Act of 2007. The Authority is mandated to:
Being alert to the challenges associated with cross-subsidization and in line with Eswatini’s commitments to SADC, the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, through ESERA, initiated to remove cross subsidies among customer categories and bring the electricity tariffs to cost reflective price levels for the different categories of consumers.