Dr. Twesigye Peter
Researcher and Independent Consultant

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Dr. Peter Twesigye
Researcher and Consultant

Dr. Twesigye Peter is currently a Senior Lecturer & Research Lead: Power Market Reforms and Regulation in the Power Futures Lab, at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is also a guest Lecturer at the Public Utility Research Centre (PURC) of the University of Florida, USA. Peter is an Infrastructure Economist with over 15 years of experience in Electricity Distribution and previously in Urban Water and Sanitation Management. Peter’s research and teaching focus on Structural, Governance, and Regulatory Incentives for Improved Utility Performance and more recently renewable energy transitions. Peter has expertise and interest in; Power Market Reforms and Regulation, Energy Transitions, Governance, Energy Policy, Energy Concession Design and Analysis, Tariff Setting & Policy Reviews, Managing Utility Performance Improvements, Performance Contract Formulation and Design, Investment Planning and Appraisal, and Strategic Planning. 

He is a Member of the International Association of Energy Economics (IAEE) Member of Academy of Regulatory Professionals Advisory Board at the Public Utility Research Centre (PURC)- University of Florida, USA, a Member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC – USA), Member of the Institute of Business Advisors Southern Africa (IBASA), Member of the South African National Energy Association (SANEA), Member of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA) and a Member of the Africa-Europe Foundation Strategy Group on Sustainable Energy. Until recently, Peter was the Manager Regulatory Affairs at Umeme Ltd (Uganda’s private electricity distribution concession) and previously worked as Economist and Senior Economist with National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) in Uganda – one of the leading water utilities in the world. He has also advised government ministries, undertaken several assignments for donor agencies and worked as a Consultant for AfDB, GIZ, Oxfam, GFA, Actis LLP, Oxford Policy Management, Adam Smith International, USAID, World Bank, and 2ML Consulting Ltd and various consulting entities in promoting Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) and turnaround initiatives in several Utilities in West, East and Southern Africa.

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Dr. Twesigye Peter

Researcher and Independent
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