PENRA was created & authorized to be the sole national authority responsible for managing the Palestinian energy sector, including but not limited to policy formulation, development, restructuring, & coordination. The Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority has the following objectives: Ensure that the electricity supply is delivered to citizens through developing and rehabilitating internal electricity networks and main electricity lines; Completing the Rural Electricity Project to provide electricity to all citizens; Rehabilitating the Gaza electricity generation station; Nationalization the high voltage transmission sector by creating the Palestine Electric Transmission Ltd (PEATL); Privatization of the distribution sector by creating several distribution companies in the Gaza Strip & the West Bank; Reduce the cost of electricity consumption through setting plans for interconnectivity with Arab regional electricity and gas networks and for procuring petroleum; Continuing work towards effective exploitation of the Gaza gas field off the Gaza coastline and using natural gas to generate electricity. Developing alternative energy sources, including renewable energy; improving the financial performance of the electricity sector by applying the Electricity Law, incorporating distribution companies, reducing net lending, and curbing illegal consumption.