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Law No. 462/2002 - Regulation of the Electricity Sector
The foundational electricity-sector statute provides for an independent regulator, licensing and sector restructuring.
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Law No. 181/2011 - Accelerated Electricity Works Programme
A 2011 programme law authorised an accelerated package for 700 MW of generation plus transmission and distribution works, alongside institutional deadlines.
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Law No. 288/2014 - Temporary Generation-Permit Authority
Temporarily empowered the Council of Ministers to issue electricity-generation permits on a joint ministerial proposal for two years, pending appointment of the regulator.
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Law No. 54/2015 - Extension of Temporary Generation-Permit Authority
Extended the temporary permit and licensing route created by Law 288 for two additional years, through April 2018.
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Law No. 129/2019 - Reactivation and Extension of Law 288/2014
Reactivated and extended the interim Cabinet licensing authority for three years, from April 2019 to April 2022, and added a procurement mechanism for generation projects.
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Law No. 318/2023 - Distributed Renewable Energy
Creates a legal framework for distributed renewable generation, net metering and new electricity-exchange or contracting arrangements.
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Electricity Regulatory Authority
The independent five-member regulator required by Law 462 was appointed by Cabinet in September 2025.
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Electricity Sector Policy Paper 2026
The ministry’s current sector policy frames institutional, financial, market and infrastructure reform.
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National Renewable Energy Action Plan 2025-2030
Lebanon’s renewable-energy plan sets scenarios, technology pathways and institutional measures through 2030.
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Lebanon’s Third Nationally Determined Contribution
Lebanon’s Paris Agreement contribution sets unconditional and conditional mitigation and renewable-energy targets for 2035.
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Long-Term Low-Emission Development Strategy
A scenario-based national strategy traces possible low-emission development pathways through 2050.
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SDG7 Energy Compact of the Republic of Lebanon
A voluntary SDG7 commitment records 2030 renewable-energy and efficiency ambitions and enabling actions.
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Lebanon Renewable Energy and System Reinforcement Project
A USD 250 million World Bank project combines renewable generation, network reinforcement, utility systems and technical assistance.
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Law No. 132/2010 - Offshore Petroleum Resources
The core offshore petroleum statute governs rights, licensing, exploration, production and state participation arrangements.
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Law No. 57/2017 - Petroleum Tax Provisions
Sets tax provisions applicable to petroleum activities, including income-tax and related fiscal treatment.
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Law No. 84/2018 - Transparency in the Petroleum Sector
Establishes transparency and disclosure duties for petroleum-sector institutions and participants.
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Eleven Utility-Scale Solar PV Licences
Cabinet approved eleven 15 MW solar licences with region-specific proposed tariffs, totalling 165 MW.
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Decree No. 4517/1972 - Électricité du Liban Public-Establishment Framework
The public-establishment framework assigns EDL the central mandate and historic exclusivity for electricity generation, transmission and distribution.
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Law No. 775/2006 - Temporary Generation-Licensing Authority
Temporarily allowed the Council of Ministers to authorise electricity generation on a proposal from the Minister of Energy and Water while the permanent regulatory framework remained incomplete.
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Électricité du Liban Net-Metering Mechanism
EDL’s administrative mechanism allows eligible renewable generators to offset electricity imported from the public grid against exported energy under approved metering arrangements.
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Decree No. 6997/2020 - Mandatory Solar Thermal and PV Standards
Makes specified Lebanese solar thermal and photovoltaic product and system standards mandatory and designates accredited conformity-verification routes.
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National Energy Efficiency Action Plans 2011-2015 and 2016-2020
Lebanon’s first two national efficiency plans organized measures across power-system losses, buildings, equipment, finance, industry, mobility and public facilities.
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Draft Energy Conservation Law
A ministry-led draft seeks a statutory basis for energy efficiency, conservation obligations, audits, standards and implementation institutions.
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Law No. 444/2002 - Environmental Protection
Lebanon’s framework environmental law establishes prevention, polluter-pays and environmental-assessment principles and controls pollution of air, water and other environmental media.
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Decree No. 8213/2012 - Strategic Environmental Assessment
Requires environmental assessment of qualifying public policies, plans and programmes before adoption, including sector-wide energy strategies.
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Decree No. 8633/2012 - Environmental Impact Assessment
Defines screening, scoping, study, consultation, review and decision procedures for projects subject to initial environmental examination or full EIA.
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Decree No. 7968/2012 - Lebanese Petroleum Administration
Establishes the organization, governance and technical functions of the Lebanese Petroleum Administration under the offshore petroleum law.
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Decree No. 10289/2013 - Petroleum Activities Regulations
The principal implementing regulation for Law 132 sets detailed legal, technical, financial, health, safety and environmental rules across offshore petroleum operations.
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Offshore Blocks, Tender Protocol and Model EPA - Decrees 42/2017 and 43/2017 as amended
Defines ten offshore blocks, bidder requirements, award procedures and the model exploration and production agreement, with later amendments for subsequent licensing rounds and online submission.
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Decree No. 9471/2022 - Petroleum Register
Creates public registration rules for petroleum rights, amendments, mortgages, assignments, beneficial owners and politically exposed ownership interests.
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Private-Generator Metering and Tariff Decisions
A set of ministerial decisions requires subscriber metering, adherence to the monthly Ministry of Energy and Water tariff and consumer-protection controls for private generators.
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Akkar Wind-Farm Permits and PPA Process
Cabinet approved permits for three proposed wind farms in Akkar with an aggregate programme of approximately 200 MW and a contemplated EDL PPA structure.
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Électricité du Liban Cost Recovery Plan Addendum 2025
EDL’s updated financial-recovery framework links tariffs, billing, collections, losses, service improvements and institutional measures to utility sustainability.
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Litani River Authority Hydropower Mandate
The National Litani River Authority is mandated to develop and operate Litani water resources, hydropower facilities and associated electricity infrastructure.
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Cabinet adopts the ERA execution framework
The framework identifies regulatory rules, tariffs, market rules, grid codes and distributed-energy regulation as core workstreams.
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Ministry launches a new electricity-sector policy paper
The ministry published a current sector-policy framework spanning institutions, market structure, finance and infrastructure.
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UNFCCC publishes technical review of Lebanon’s first BTR
The review records the expert assessment of Lebanon’s first biennial transparency reporting under the Paris Agreement.
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IFI publishes a distributed-renewables pathways brief
The brief combines household survey evidence, three-home monitoring, village modelling and case-specific hybrid-system analysis.
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UNDP tenders support for operationalizing Law 318
The procurement seeks regulatory and procedural work under the ERA and EDL for Lebanon’s distributed renewable-energy law.
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UNDP releases the 2025 renewable-investment derisking update
The updated model uses 19 investor interviews to estimate financing costs, public derisking needs and potential private investment.
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Cabinet appoints Lebanon’s Electricity Regulatory Authority
A chair and four members were appointed more than two decades after the regulator was provided for in Law 462.
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World Bank approves renewable-energy and grid project
The USD 250 million operation supports EDL and the Litani River Authority through utility systems, generation, networks and technical assistance.
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Law No. 462/2002 - Regulation of the Electricity Sector
Ministry of Energy and Water
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Distributed Renewable Energy Law - Law No. 318/2023
Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation
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Cabinet appoints the Electricity Regulatory Authority
Presidency of the Council of Ministers
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Cabinet adopts the Electricity Regulatory Authority execution framework
Ministry of Energy and Water
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Policy Paper for the Electricity Sector
Ministry of Energy and Water
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National Renewable Energy Action Plan 2025-2030
Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation
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Lebanon: Derisking Renewable Energy Investment 2025
United Nations Development Programme
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Operationalization of Law 318/2023 under the ERA and EDL
United Nations Development Programme
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Cost Recovery Plan Addendum
Électricité du Liban
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Cabinet approves 11 solar photovoltaic licences
Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation
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Legislative Framework
Lebanese Petroleum Administration
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Laws without completed implementing decrees - Law 181/2011 entry
Lebanese Parliament
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Parliamentary proceedings on the extension of Law 288/2014
Lebanese Parliament
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Lebanon International Solar Week and LGEE 2025
Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation
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Renewable Energy Outlook: Lebanon
International Renewable Energy Agency
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Derisking Renewable Energy Investment: Lebanon
United Nations Development Programme
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SDG7 Energy Compact of the Republic of Lebanon
United Nations
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Sustainable Transformation of Lebanon’s Energy System
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
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Pathways for Increasing the Utilization of Distributed Renewable Energy in Lebanon
Issam Fares Institute, American University of Beirut
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نظام التعداد الصافي - Net Metering
Électricité du Liban
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Decree No. 6997/2020 - Mandatory Solar Standards
Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation
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National Energy Efficiency Action Plan 2011-2015
Ministry of Energy and Water / Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation
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Second National Energy Efficiency Action Plan 2016-2020
Ministry of Energy and Water / Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation
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Energy Efficiency Law - legislative development record
Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation
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قانون رقم 444/2002 - حماية البيئة
Ministry of Environment
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Petroleum Register - legal framework and public records
Lebanese Petroleum Administration
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Measures to control private-generator tariffs and compulsory metering
Ministry of Economy and Trade
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Call for proposals for approximately 200 MW of wind power
Ministry of Energy and Water / Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation
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National Litani River Authority - statutory objectives and mandate
Litani River Authority
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