| Agency Name: | North African Power Pool |
| Type: | Electricity Grid Interconnection Organization |
| Nativename: | Comité Maghrébin de l'Electricité (COMELEC) |
| Nativename A: | Maghreb Electricity Committee |
| Jurisdiction: | Five North African Countries |
| Chief1 Position: | |
| Agency Type: | Electric Energy Grid Interconnection Agency |
The Comité Maghrébin de l'Electricité (COMELEC), also Maghreb Electricity Committee and North African Power Pool, is an association of five North African countries belonging to the Arab Maghreb Union (Union du Maghreb Arabe). The major aim of the association is to interconnect the electricity grids of the member countries in order to facilitate the trading of electric power between the members. North African Power Pool is one of the five regional power pools in Africa.[1]
Member countries are Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia.[1] One of the projects in the 2700abbr=0abbr= high voltage power line from Morocco to Egypt through Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. There are several other ongoing programs.[2]
The member countries and their respective electricity utility companies are listed in the table below.
| Country | Electric utility |
|---|---|
| Algeria | Société nationale de l'électricité et du gaz (Sonelgaz) |
| Libya | General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL) |
| Morocco | Office national d'électricité (ONE) |
| Mauritania | Société Mauritanienne d'Electricité (SOMELEC) |
| Tunisia | Société tunisienne de l'électricité et du gaz (STEG) |