Dr Twesigye is the Senior Lecturer and Research Lead: Power Market Reforms and Regulation in the Power Futures Lab. He is also a guest Lecturer at the Public Utility Research Centre (PURC) of the University of Florida, USA, and a Member of the International Association for Energy Economics. He is leading the African Electricity Regulator’s Peer Review and Learning Networks (PRLN) involving South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Namibia, Tanzania – one of the most transformational and impactful capacity-building programmes for the energy sector’s regulators, policy makers and practitioners.

Peter is an Infrastructure Economist with over 16 years of experience in Electricity Distribution and previously in Urban Water and Sanitation Management. Peter’s research and teaching focus on Power Market Structural Reforms, Governance, Regulation, Incentives for Improved Utility Performance, and Renewable Energy Transitions. He also has expertise and interest in; Tariff Setting & Policy Reviews, Economics and Market dynamics of Energy Transitions, Energy Policy, Energy Concession Design and Analysis, Managing Utility Performance Improvements, Performance Contract Formulation and Design, Investment Planning and Appraisal, and Strategic Planning. 

Before joining UCT, Peter was the Head of Regulatory Affairs at Umeme Ltd (Uganda’s private electricity distribution concession) where he helped in the design and management of one of the only two financially viable utilities on the continent and was responsible for developing and controlling the implementation of the company’s policy, regulatory strategy and investment portfolio of over US$75 million per annum). He has also advised government ministries, regulatory authorities, utilities and undertaken several assignments for donor agencies, and worked as a Consultant for the World Bank, AfDB, Actis LLP and numerous international agencies in designing and implementing turnaround initiatives in over 15 countries including Utilities in West, East, and Southern Africa, helping to improve the socio-economic welfare of communities.

He has authored several impactful working papers, designed policy and program projects that have transformed communities, and has been published in different academic journals.