The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) (هيئة كهرباء ومياه دبي) is a public service infrastructure company that was founded on 1 January 1992 by Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

These organizations were established in 1959 by Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai at the time.

[1] The objective of the state-run company is making available to the people of Dubai an adequate and reliable supply of electricity and water.

[3] In 2019, DEWA had an installed capacity of 11,400 MW of electric power and 470 million imperial gallons (2.14 billion liters) of desalinated water per day.

[7] DEWA has planned to float 18 percent of its issued share capital as public offering listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), the IPO is estimated to $22.6 billion.