The Malta Resources Authority was a public corporate body set up in 2000 through the Malta Resources Act originally to regulate water, energy and mineral resources, to promote energy efficiency and renewable sources of energy, and with responsibilities in the areas of oil exploration and climate change.
The Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act, 2015, changed the MRA’s responsibilities significantly. The Grant schemes for domestic PV, domestic wells (bjar), solar water heaters and roof insulation, and swimming pool licences, electrician’s or wireman’s Licence A or Licence B, Enemalta, Water Services Corporation, water tankers or bowsers and fuel regulation are among the functions of the Regulator for Energy and Water Services. REWS may be contacted on enquiry@rews.org.mt or on 22955000.
Energy efficiency, renewable sources of energy, the water framework regulations (inland waters) and protection of groundwater became the functions of the Energy and Water Agency (previously the Sustainable Energy and Water Conservation Unit). EWA may be contacted on info-energywateragency@gov.mt or on 22292558.
Climate change
The Authority was responsible for climate change reporting and operation of the emission trading schemes. Further details are given in the relative pages.
Greenhouse Gas Inventory
The Malta Resources Authority was designated by law as the national GHG Inventory Agency for the country, thus being responsible for the annual compilation of Malta’s GHG inventory. The inventory is submitted to the European Commission and to the UNFCCC Secretariat, and is subject to separate annual reviews by expert review teams in accordance with EU legislation and with UNFCCC decisions.
The MRA’s work in respect of GHG inventories included deciding on the methodologies for the estimation of emissions and removals, gathering the necessary activity data for all relevant activities, performing the necessary calculations, compiling the results into the approved reporting format and preparing a detailed written report that presents the approaches used for each activity category.
The most recent GHG Inventory for Malta (2024 submission covering the time-series 1990-2022), including the written National Inventory Report (NIR) and the detailed Common Reporting Format (CRF) tables may be accessed at the EIONET page for 2020 GHG Inv submission.
Emissions Trading and CBAM
The Authority was responsible for the operation of the emissions trading schemes referred to as the EU ETS and CORSIA, as well as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) .