Apply By Mail

1. Gather and prepare all the required documents and then obtain application form for importation Licence Form ERET 1 form Malawi Energy Regulation Authority (MERA) website: Link or download it from the link provided in Documents to Use section below
2. Fill the application form accordingly and pay the required application fees
3. Attach all the required documents to the application including the prove of payment receipt
4. Send the complete application addressed to the Malawi Energy Regulation Authority through this address: MERA; Private Bag B496, Capital City, Lilongwe 3, Malawi. #Alliteratively, you can deliver the application by yourself to the head office (Licensing Section)
5. The licensing officer will receive the application and MERA will acknowledge receipt in writing to you within 30 days from the date they received it
6. The licensing office will forward the application to the Energy Technical and Licensing committee of MERA, who will assess the application and recommend a decision to the MERA main board
7. The Main board will convene and make a decision whether to issue the license
8. If they decide to issue the license, you will be notified of the decision through the contacts you provided
9. The application will be processed and you will need to pick the complete license once it is availed for collection and pay the issuance fee at the time of collection

NOTE: All reasonable expenses incurred by the Authority in processing the application shall be borne by you the applicant on prior communication to you the applicant by the Authority.
See External Links below

• Complete Application form
• Please contact the MERA form more information about all the required documents

Malawi Energy Regulation Authority (MERA)

Head Office – Lilongwe

2nd Floor Development House, City Center,

P/Bag B-496, Capital City,

Lilongwe 3, Malawi

Tel: +265 (0) 1 774 103 /775 810 /812

Fax: +265 (0) 1 772 666

Regional Office – South – Blantyre

Mpico House (Formerly MDC Hpouse)

Along Glyn Jones Road,

P.O. Box 2619, Blantyre

Tel/Fax: + 265 (0) 832 496, 01 823 893, 01 831 367

Regional Office – North – Mzuzu

Mpico Building

Mzuzu

Tel/Fax: + 265 (0) 312 769

Contact details and map: Link

Website: Link

• Registered Individuals and companies

• Application: MK 10,000
• Issuance fee: MK 5,000
• Renewal Fee: MK 10,000 paid annually

• 12 months for the date issued and it subject to annual renewals

• Application form ERET 1: PDF

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• 90 days

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites. 	
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

• Personal Details
• Contacts details
• Addresses
• Dates
• Comments

• The license validates that you are allowed to import renewable energy as required by law

• Energy Regulation Act: Link

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• Malawi Trade Portal: Link

More information which might help people.