CPLP energy regulators meet in Mozambique, push for cooperation to curb power cuts across the community

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CPLP energy regulators meet in Mozambique, push for cooperation to curb power cuts across the community

8:31 CAT | 21 Oct 2025

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The Association of Portuguese-speaking Energy Regulators on Monday called in Maputo for cooperation and energy planning among CPLP member states to curb blackouts resulting from insecurity in supply.

“All of us here, from various countries, are concerned about the security of energy supply. We have to respond to the public interest in order to guarantee not only good prices, but also that energy arrives in sufficient quantities at all times, every hour, for businesses and families,” said the energy regulators’ executive director, Artur Trindade.

The head of this organisation of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) was speaking at the opening of the CPLP Energy and Climate Week, which runs until Friday in Maputo, bringing together government representatives, regulators, financiers, companies, energy and climate experts, with the organisation expecting 29 speakers, representatives from nine Portuguese-speaking countries and 120 participants.

“We have had some problems in CPLP countries with blackouts, and it is important to note that when there is a blackout, when there is a lack of energy, there was no guaranteed security in that supply. Therefore, whether it is electricity or fuel, we have to cooperate to ensure that planning criteria take into account this dimension of security of supply,” appealed Artur Trindade.

In the same statements, he asked CPLP member states to focus in private investment to ensure the energy transition in a context dominated by public investment.

Energy and Climate Week is coordinated by the Portuguese speaking Lusophone Association for Renewable Energy (ALER) and the Association of Energy Regulators of Portuguese Language Countries (RELOP).

At the same event, the Lusophone Association for Renewable Energy called for a focus in private investment for energy transition and climate finance, arguing that the CPLP should “raise its profile” on the global finance agenda and assert itself “as a strategic bloc”, dynamic and cohesive, with its own voice and common narrative.

“The CPLP has everything it needs to speak with its own voice on global climate agendas, a voice that represents more than 300 million people” with “a shared identity,” said ALER President Mayra Pereira.

Mozambique today called for strengthened technical cooperation and promotion of research in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries so that member states can face the challenges inherent in the energy transition and climate change.

Mozambique is considered one of the countries most vulnerable and severely affected by climate change, facing cyclical floods and tropical cyclones during the rainy season.

Between 2000 and 2023, the country recorded more than 75 extreme weather events, causing economic losses of over €3.8 billion, placing the country among the 10 most vulnerable in the world, the government said this month.

Last week, the Mozambican government approved the contingency plan for the 2025/2026 rainy season, which it admits could affect 1.2 million people, but has less than half of the 14 billion meticais (€190 million) needed.

In September, Mozambican authorities warned of “large-scale” flooding in the country and flooding of at least four million hectares of agricultural land during the rainy season that began this month in Mozambique.

Source: Lusa