Peter Mufunda

Legal Advisor at Ministry of Energy and Power Developmen

• Zimbabwe
• My current job since February 2008

Administrator at Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA)

• Zimbabwe
• October 2009 to February 2009

Day to day administration of the Regulatory body on Human Resources issues, financial budgets and appropriate investments, respond to audit reports and ensuring submission of monthly financial statements to the Minister.
Advise the Minister on policy issues.
Licensing of independent power producers (IPP).
Review of electricity tariffs and fuel license fees.
Suggest changes in energy laws.
Review of electricity and oil industry regulations.
Monitoring of licensed electricity and fuel operators.
Disputes arbitration and complaints handling.
Representing Zimbabwe in the energy sector nationally and internationally as members of Regional Energy Regulators Association (RERA), African Forum for Utility Regulators (AFUR) and International Coordination of Electricity Regulators (ICER).
In addition to being administrator, in September 2011 to 28th February 2012, became secretary to the newly appointed Board of the Energy Regulatory Authority.

Special Achievements:

Issued a total of 13 generation licences which are at different stages of implementation many of which are in renewable energy projects.
Managed to purchase a building for the Authority to ward off the problem of ever increasing rentals.
Investigated electricity related complaints and made recommendations to the Minister on naked cables and that overhead cables to homes be replaced by underground ones to curb electrocutions.
Made recommendations to the Minister to amend regulations in the fuel sector so that fuel retailers could have a sustainable margin.
Managed the introduction of ethanol-petrol blending in Zimbabwe.
Was in charge of the change process from Zimbabwe Electricity Regulatory Commission (ZERC) to Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA).
Have attended a lot of training workshops and negotiations on energy, electricity regulation, tariff setting and governance issues

Regional Magistrate at Common law and Roman Dutch law jurisdiction

• July 1985 to February 2008

through the ranks from presiding officer of the former community courts to magistrate, senior magistrate, provincial magistrate and regional magistrate.

Tried more serious crimes like serious frauds, attempted murder, rape, armed robbery and arson.
Adjudicated on civil cases including customary law ones, contracts, commercial law and litigation.
Checking books of accounts as sub accountant of magisterial stations.
Supervision and training of magistrates and staff.
Delivery of reasoned judgements.
Administration of magisterial stations.
Performance appraisal of staff.