180917_CES-MED_National_Report_Egypt_FINAL2rev

Summary
Improving the Legal and Institutional Framework is outlined as follows:
• Governorates should develop and implement their own SEAPs (SECAPs) to support the execution
of national energy policies and action plans. It is needed for the national level to take more actions
to reduce energy consumption and consequently lower CO 2 emissions;
• On the Legal Framework development, there are several opportunities to pave the way for SEAPs
(SECAPs) development at governorate (municipality) level;
• The institutional set‐up of the two selected governorates (municipalities) and their current
structure needs technical support as their direct responsibility of the overall planning of
Sustainable Energy (Renewable Energy and Energy efficiency) is not known;
• Establish a Strategic Sustainable Energy Unit (SSEU) or Energy Efficiency Unit (EEU) at the
Governorate with a trained EE manager or an EE officer is vital to accomplish SEAPs (SECAPs). The
introduction of a policy tool is vital for the governorate level. The SSEU would be under the
direction of the Secretary General of the governorate and with coordination with MoLD. The
results of the implemented SEAPs (SECAPs) would measure the actual annual energy consumption
data (electricity, final energy (for fossils fuels) and primary energy (for RE generation/
consumption)) of Governorates need to be shared with this database for the Baseline Emissions
Inventory (BEI);
• Governorates (Municipalities) have the responsibility to develop and implement a Sustainable
Energy Action Plan, to reduce their own energy consumption, according to National Strategy and
Action Plans targets, and promote energy conservation among the general public;
• Governorates (Municipalities) can initiate additional taxes in coordination with the Ministry of
Electricity and Renewable Energy (MoERE) and the Ministry of Local Development (MoLD) to
encourage the implementation of energy saving measures for the mentioned sectors. Income from
such revenues needs to be allocated to either the enforcement process, or to measures included
in the SEAPs (SECAPs), aiming at reducing energy consumption;
• Governorates are recommended to engage in Public Private Partnership agreements and/or start
a company (or joint venture), for the purpose of RE; and
• Governorates (municipalities) are recommended to develop national procurement regulations to
include energy performance criteria.
Sectoral recommendations
Transport
• On the transport side, the legal framework is not yet developed in a sustainable and clean energy
direction that reflects the energy saving ambition of the Government of Egypt. Thus, it is
recommended to develop a new transport strategy, including energy conservation and clean
public transport solutions. This strategy would need support by donors; and
• Since the Governorate of Luxor has almost one-fifth of the world’s heritage sites and monuments,
air and water pollution from traffic and transport (land and water), mainly CO 2, should be reduced
in order to mitigate its negative (direct and indirect) impacts with time on these heritage sites and
monuments. The SEAPs’ (SECAPs’) implementation would assist in developing plans and projects
to assist in reducing such impacts.
Sustainable Energy: Renewable Energy and Energy efficiency
• The procurement regulations should be aligned with energy regulations including energy
performance criteria and to be supported by Donors such as AFD, KfW and EBRD to upgrade the
Governmental and industrial buildings Energy Efficiency Codes (BEECs);
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THIS PROJECT IS FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND IS IMPLEMENTED BY THE HUMAN DYNAMICS CONSORTIUM