Post on 17-Aug-2015
Mohammad AlauddinJoint SecretaryPower Division
Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral ResourcesGovernment of the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh
14 June 2015
SE4ALL Consultation Workshop 2015
Access to Electricity
Envision to provide access to affordable and
reliable electricity to all by 2021.
Access to Electricity is 70% including 10% RE
Access to electricity enhancement through
BREB in rural area & IDCOL in off-grid area.
Of late SREDA is promoting RE & EE
activities.
IDCOL’s SHS Program
Supply Equipment
Pay for Equipment
Seeks grant & loan
Provide grant & loanIDCO
L
Technical Standards Committe
e
Suppliers Seeks approval
Provides approval
Household
Sells SHS & provide
service
Pay down-payment & installment
Operations
Committee
Seek operatio
n
related so
lutions
Provid
es Solutio
ns
NGO/POPO Selection
Committee Select POs
Applies
Dev. Partner
Grant & soft term
credit
Fund Flow & Role of Partners
• Provides grant and soft loan to IDCOL
• Provides policy support
• Maintain system
• Repay loan in monthly installments
IDCOL’s SHS Program
Program Target : 6 million SHS by 2018
Program Achievement : 3.64 million SHS by April 2015
Number of Beneficiaries : 16.4 million people (10% population)
Power Generation : 142 MW
Fossil Fuel Saving : 200,000 ton/year
Job Creation : 70,000 people
IDCOL Investment : About USD 600 million
Source: Infrastructure Development Company Limited
Success Factors
Innovative financing structure - Ownership model
Financial contribution of all parties
Sustainable business model
Cost-efficient standardized technical design
Quality control and after sales service
Development of local support industries
Bangladesh’s micro-finance experience
Support from the Government, the World Bank & other development partners
Replicability Potential : Prerequisites
Micro-credit experience of the private sector agencies
Adequate financial support from the donor agencies
Availability of concessionary credit facility to the executing agencies
An agency to ensure collaboration among all parties
Development of local support industry
Strong quality control mechanism
Active support from the government i.e. fiscal benefits
Ensuring customer ownership in SHS
Women Engagement
IDCOL started preserving information on
female beneficiaries since 2012. Of all
beneficiaries under IDCOL’s SHS Program 27 %
are women.
IDCOL has been providing customer training
since 2007 & a total of 912,479 customers had
been trained.
SHS Program: Women Engagement
• Increase mobility of &
entrepreneurial
ambitions among
women.
• Provide women with
extended working
hour.
• Longer period for
children's study.
• Encourage women to
start small business .
Women Engagement
Since January 2013, around 433,271 customers had been trained covering 6.5% women.Currently 45 POs are working under SHS Program & have a total of 33500 staff at different levels.Around 370 staff are women & 99 staff are working in MIS/IT/Technical department. About 3000 women technicians have been trained by Grameen Shakti(PO).