Dr. John M. Mutua, PhD is currently the Director, Economic Regulation and Strategy and is responsible for overseeing functions such as energy pricing, planning and competition, policy analysis as well as strategy and corporate performance of the Authority.

Dr. Mutua holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Nairobi, MA (Economics) and BA Economics from the same university. He has extensive experience, spanning over 20 years in Energy Planning, Pricing, Competition, Research and Policy Analysis. Prior to his appointment in his current role, he served as the Deputy Director Regulatory Research and Policy Analysis at the Authority.

Before joining EPRA a decade ago, he was a Policy Analyst at the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA).  He is a Certified Regulation and Utility Management Specialist by the Institute for Public Private Partnerships (IP3), Washington D.C.

Dr. Mutua has authored papers in journals such as the Energy Policy, Journal of Energy and Development, Journal of African Development, Resources for the Future (RFF) Discussion Papers, KIPPRA Discussion and Working Papers as well as the African Economic Research Consortium publications. He is an alumni of the Collaborative Masters Programme (CMAP) in Economics, which is supported and hosted by the African Economic Research Consortium, and is a Research Associate at the Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative-Kenya. He is also a member of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) and the Economist Society of Kenya (ESK).

Dr. Mutua’s expertise in energy matters has seen him serve in various energy sector committees. He served as member of the Presidential Taskforce Report on the Review of Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) and was part of the Steering Committee on Implementation of the Recommendations of the same report.