National Energy Policy and Energy Action Plan

This document sets a vision of improving quality of life through clean, reliable, affordable, accessible, environmentally appropriate and sustainable energy services.

 It intends to 1) strengthen financial, policy and legislative frameworks for the energy sector, 2) supply 100% of urban households with electricity, 3) To provide 95% of rural outer atoll households with off grid electricity, 4) To provide access to modern forms of cooking to 90% of all households by 2020, 5) To make households and businesses 50% more energy efficient and government buildings 75% more energy efficient by 2020, 6) To achieve a 20% efficiency improvement in transport sector fuel use by 2020, 7) To reduce supply side energy losses from MEC by 20% by 2017, and 8) To provide 20% of power generation through indigenous renewable resources by 2020.