B1 · Lesotho
Support to energy sector reform in Lesotho
- Period
- Nov 2020 – Dec 2023
- Client
- HCL Consultants / European Union Commission
- AESG's role
- Lead company
- Where
- Lesotho
The anchor mandate of AESG's Lesotho practice. Three results: Commission, defining a new sector model and institutional mandates; centrally, drafting the Energy Bill. implementing the Electrification Master Plan (grid extension and off-grid activities), plus capacity building. national scale — distribution systems, affordable financing and payment mechanisms, after-sales service models, siting for micro and mini grids, and pioneer grant financing for early-stage enterprises.
date as Nov 2022; the 2025 profile gives Dec 2023 in two places. The contract was extended — use Dec 2023.
- Sector governance — reconstituting the Department of Energy into a proposed Energy
- Operationalising the Energy Policy 2015–2025 through legislation and regulations, and
- Energy-efficient household devices and off-grid solutions for households and SMEs at
What the work involved
- Result 1: Sector Governance: Institutional adaptation - Programme for Change Key Output 1: A re-constitution of the Department of Energy, to be transformed into a proposed Energy Commission and a new energy sector model with pertinent roles associated to each Institution for identifying and defining the mandates for the key Parties. Key aspect is development of Energy Bill Key Output 2: Operationalisation of the Energy Policy through legislation and regulations Key Output 3: Enabled Environment for Private Investments in the Energy Sector
Detail from AESG Company Profile 2026, p.21.