The National Electricity Company called SONELEC was created by Decree No. 081/PR dated September 18, 2018. It is governed by the OHADA Uniform Act on the Law of Commercial Companies and Economic Interest Groupings revised, the laws and regulations applicable to Commercial Companies. It is placed under the administrative and technical supervision of the Ministry in charge of Energy and the financial supervision of the Ministry in charge of Finance. Its main mission is to manage the activities of Production, Transmission, Distribution and Marketing of Electrical Energy in the Union of the Comoros. The Head Office is based in Moroni with main branches in Mutsamudu and Fomboni. The Company has a term of ninety-nine years with a share capital of six hundred million Comorian francs (600,000,000 kmf) divided into six thousand (6,000) shares of one hundred thousand (100,000) Comorian francs each, fully paid up and owned by the state. The National Electricity Company is administered by a Board of Directors and is managed by a General Management. The latter is the body responsible for operational management.

The General Management of Sonelec includes: a Managing Director, a Deputy Managing Director, a Technical Director, a Commercial Director, an Administrative and Financial Director, a Human Resources Director, a Regional Director in each island, Principal Accounting Officer.

The National Electricity Company is subject to the controls provided for by the laws and regulations in force. It may be subject to an external financial audit carried out by an internationally renowned firm.

Sonelec personnel are governed by the Comorian labor code and a Company personnel statute.