The National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (Office National de l’Électricité et de l’Eau Potable, ONEE) is Morocco’s state-owned national utility and a central pillar of the country’s energy and water strategies. Headquartered in Casablanca and created in 2012 through the merger of the National Office of Electricity (ONE, founded in 1963) and the National Office of Drinking Water (ONEP, founded in 1972), it acts as the State’s operational arm for electricity, drinking water and liquid sanitation. ONEE plans, develops and operates infrastructure for the production, transport and distribution of electricity and drinking water across Morocco, and is responsible for wastewater purification and the development of liquid sanitation services, with a mandate to improve living standards and support economic competitiveness.
Operationally, ONEE is Morocco’s incumbent power utility and single buyer of electricity, supplying more than six million customers and employing over 9,000 staff. Its electricity activities span generation, including wind parks and hydroelectric power plants, high-voltage transmission and retail distribution; net electrical energy called reached 37,446,116 GWh at the end of 2018. In water, it focuses on securing national drinking water supply at optimized cost and quality, diversifying production sources, expanding access, managing demand and fighting waste, while actively intervening in sanitation and environmental protection. ONEE leads large-scale rural electrification and water access programs using grid extension, mini-grids and photovoltaic kits, and structures public–private partnerships for wind and hydro-storage projects. It is heavily involved in national renewable integration and grid-reinforcement programmes, including multi-year transmission upgrades and international interconnection initiatives to enable greater renewable energy penetration and cross-border power exchanges.
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