The Electricity Market Model Concept (Government Resolution No. 246 of 2020) establishes general principles for organizing and functioning of the wholesale trade electricity market in the country. The Market Concept aims: (a) to establish attractive environment for investors and to provide free options for consumers by way of developing competitive and transparent electricity markets; (b) to form organized electricity markets, inter alia, day-ahead and intraday markets, as well as balancing and ancillary services market and the market for bilateral agreements; (c) to provide clear distinction between the duties and responsibilities of the entities functioning in the energy sector; (d) to form competitive and liquid market price.

The National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) aims to utline the current state of affairs as relates to the legislative and institutional framework for renewable energy as per the requirements of the Renewable Energy Directive; and to propose a number of policy and investment measures to be undertaken to meet the target of 30% of energy consumed coming from renewable energy for 2020 and implement the Renewable Energy Directive – including likely costs associated with their implementation.

The Climate Change Act 2021 aims to establish a comprehensive response to climate change, to provide for the regulation and governance of the national response to climate change, to introduce a system for the measurement, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and for related matters.

The Mining Regulations (2019) have been enacted pursuant to Article 76 of the Minerals Law (2018).

The National Action Plan on Air Pollutants contains mitigation action plans in line with existing national plans to reduce greenhouse emissions from the key source sectors. To this end, the measures selected for this Action Plan were compiled firstly from the mitigation measures that have been included in the Maldives' long term climate goals, also known as the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), and then from the planned measures from different sectors which were not part of the NDC. These sectoral measures are collectively termed 'air quality measures' in comparing their effects with the NDC measures.

The American Samoa Power Authority (Chapter 01) Public Utilities and Energy (Title 15) American Samoa Code Annotated (A.S.C.A.) establishes a governmental agency within the executive branch of the government known as the American Samoa Power Authority; and a division within the American Samoa Power Authority known as the water and Wastewater Utility Division.

The Regulation of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR) on Increasing Efficiency in the Use of Energy Resources and Energy is to set out the principles and procedures applicable to increasing efficiency in the use of energy resources and energy for ensuring efficient use of energy, avoiding the extravagance of energy, alleviating the burden of energy costs on the economy and protecting the environment.

The Electricity (Safety, Quality and Continuity) Regulations of 2016 mandate that in the generation, transmission, distribution, supply and use of electricity all relevant persons shall take all reasonable steps to: (a) protect the public from dangers arising from the generation, transmission, distribution, supply and use of electricity from any electric line or electrical plant, (b) eliminate or reduce the risks of personal injury or damage to property or interference with its use resulting from the transmission, distribution and supply of electricity, and (c) comply with all supply and safety standards, contained in the Distribution Code, the Grid Code and Associated Technical and Safety Standards, as applicable to relevant persons.