Industry: Electricity distribution & transmission

A foreign-owned utility says it may pursue a London arbitration against the Ugandan government after being compelled to hand back control of an electricity distribution concession.

02 April 2025

A tribunal at SIAC has ruled in favour of the Chinese-backed operator of the Philippines' national power grid in a dispute over a billion-dollar concession fee – while rejecting claims that it breached restrictions on foreign ownership. 

24 February 2025

A Mauritian power company has lodged a US$500 million ICSID claim against Tanzania over its refusal to issue a licence to sell electricity in the country.  

27 September 2024

Finland is facing its first-ever ICSID cases – a pair of Energy Charter Treaty claims brought by investors in the country’s largest electricity distribution network.

27 August 2024

A Permanent Court of Arbitration tribunal has upheld jurisdiction over a Ukrainian state entity’s €527 million investment treaty claim against Russia over the expropriation of its Crimean assets.

14 August 2024

A Colombian-led energy consortium that held a concession to operate the national grid of Honduras has reportedly threatened a claim against the state.  

19 February 2024

A subsidiary of commodities supplier Trafigura has brought US enforcement proceedings against Ghana to collect US$129 million it says it is still owed under an UNCITRAL award arising from a cancelled electricity supply contract.

23 January 2024

A split ICSID tribunal has rejected a Spanish company’s US$668 million treaty claim against Argentina over changes to the state’s electricity regulatory framework.

15 December 2023

Singaporean companies linked to Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer have applied to a US court to enforce an ICSID award against Peru worth more than US$116 million plus interest.

15 November 2023

Russian energy group Inter RAO has filed for arbitration at the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce against three Baltic electricity transmission operators that stopped contractual payments to comply with international sanctions.

16 October 2023