Lessons and Experience Rural Electrification in Bangladesh, Laos and Cambodia
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Lessons and ExperienceRural Electrification
in Bangladesh, Laos and Cambodia
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Jie TangLead Energy Specialist
South Asia Region, The World BankMay 31 – June 1, 2013
Rural Electrification
• Bangladesh – Solar Home System (SHS) Program for lighting
• Laos and Cambodia – Grid-extension for Rural Electrification
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Bangladesh - SHS Installation Rate
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Celebrated installation of 2 million SHS in early 2013
Bangladesh SHS Program
A viable business model for providing SHS for access to electricity for meeting basic lighting needs
•Implemented by the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) – Government owned Company
•Started in January 2003 with IDA and GEF funds. Target was 50,000 systems by 2008, but achieved by August 2005
•Later on jointed by other donors: including ADB, kfW, GiZ, IDB, GPOBA, and JICA just started
•Installation rate now is over 50,000 SHS/month
•Next Target - another 2 million by 2015
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The Ownership Model
Partner Organizations (POs), mostly NGOs install the SHSs under a micro-credit program
– Households pay down payment (10-15%) of the system cost net of grant. The rest is paid under micro-finance (2-3 years repayment at interest rate of 12-16% per year)
– The micro-finance extended by the POs are refinanced by IDCOL (5-7 years at 6-9% interest rates) allowing POs to install more systems
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s
Supply Equipment
Pay for Equipment
Seeks grant & loan
Provide grant & loan IDCOL Funds
Technical Standards Committe
e Suppliers Seeks approval
Provides approval
Household
Sells SHS &
provide service
Pay down-payment & installment
Operations Committee
Seek opera
tion
relate
d solutio
ns
Provides
Solutions
POPO Selection Committee Select
POs
Applies
IDA and others
Grant & soft
term credit
The Ownership Model
Financing Scheme
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(a) Solar Home System Cost 400
(b) Buy-down Grant from IDCOL (for all size) 25
(c) Cost net of Grant (b-a) 375
(d) Household Down payment [15% of (c)] 56
(e) Credit to customers (c-d) 319
Loan Tenor 2-3 years
Interest Payment 12-16%
Monthly Installment Payment 8.5
(f) Refinancing from IDCOL to PO [80% of (e)] 255
Figures in US$ for a 50 Wp system
• System size ranges from 10 Wp to 120 Wp with shifting preference for smaller systems (30Wp or less)
• System prices are in the $8-10/Wp range
Role of IDCOL
PO Selection Committee of IDCOL selects the POs as per eligibility criteria
Technical standards committee of IDCOL develops technical standards for the equipment (panels, batteries, charge controllers)
Inspections by IDCOL inspectors before release of funds to POs
Hotline service for customers. IDCOL does not release payment until customer complaints are addressed by the PO
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Phased Reduction of Grant
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Amount of Grant Available per SHS
Total Buy-down grant
Institutional Development Grant
First 20,000 SHS $90 $70 $20
Next 20,000 SHS $70 $55 $15
Next 35,000 SHS $50 $40 $10
Next 88,160 SHS €38 €30 €8
Next 35,000 SHS €36 €30 €6
Next 235,000 SHS €34 €30 €4
Next 100,000 SHS €28 €25 €3
Currently $25 $22 $3
Transition to “Commercial” Financing
• IDCOL refinancing % is being reduced from 80% to 60%
• Repayment terms from POs to IDCOL are becoming more “commercial”
– For large POs- 9% interest rate, 5 year repayment and a 6-month grace period
– For smaller POs- 6% interest rate, 7 year repayment, 1 year grace period
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Critical Success Factors
• Geographic concentration of rural population– Economies of Scale
• A viable business model for providing SHS
• Existing network of NGOs– Public acceptance of NGO services
• Supervision and Monitoring by IDCOL
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Thanks!
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Laos – Grid-extension for Rural Electrification
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15%
1995
84%
2013
Access to Electricity
Population: 6.5 million, about 1.2 million households
Laos – Grid-extension for Rural Electrification
A model of public utility-driven grid extension to expand access to electricity
•Strong Government commitment and targets for rural electrification– 70% by 2010; 80% by 2015 and 90% by 2020 (set in 2002)
•Electricity du Laos (EdL) established strong capacity in implementation of rural electrification
– Capacity building since mid 1990s when the Bank started the first rural electrification project
– Efficiency in system planning, procurement, installation and commissioning
•Comprehensive system loss reduction program to reduce distribution system losses thus cost of services
– From about 20% in 2005 to 10% in 2010, along with the fast expansion of the distribution system into rural areas
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Laos – Grid-extension for Rural Electrification
• Programmatic approach in tariff reform to ensure cost recovery and a profit margin for EdL– Cross-subsidies among consumer categories to ensure (i) affordability of rural
housheolds; and (ii) weighted average tariff cover the weighted cost of services
• Strong Government support to Electricity du Laos (EdL), a public utility company, to expand access to electricity services– Financial support to EdL when tariff did not cover the cost– Provided strong support of tariff reform toward cost recovery and a profit margin– Concessional terms of loans to EdL for rural electrification projects
• Special program for connecting the poor – Power to the Poor: about 20-40% of households in the villages electrified were
not connected to the grid since they could not afford the upfront-connection cost (about $80)
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Targeting the poor1. interest-free credit2. households in village already electrified3. household monthly budget neutral EdL, IDA,
GEF Grants
EdL P2P Revolving Fund
EdL P2P Revolving Fund
EdL Operational Account
Service Contractor for
in-house wiring
Service Contractor for
in-house wiring
Monthly bill
P2P Repayment
Electricity payment
Poor Households
$80
$80
+ $2.5/m
Power to the Poor (P2P) – Revolving Fund
Wiring
$1.5/m
$2.5 /month
Power to the Poor (P2P) Pilot
Example: Phosaad Village Grid to village in 2002 270 households in 2008 72 not connected over the past
6 years were all connected to the grid in about one month (Feb-Mar 2009) through the P2P
Youtube Video: Lao PDR: Electricity for All – A Gender Lenshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-DY3T_1RPI&feature=player_embedded
Results of P2P
Significant result of the P2P Program
– About 25,000 poor households (2% of the population) gained access to grid electricity through the P2P
– Increased the overall connection rate in P2P villages from 79% to 96%
P2P Program in a gender sensitive approach
– About 1,300 female-headed households gained access to grid electricity
– Connection rate increased in female-headed households from 67% to 95%
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Cambodia – Grid-extension for Rural Electrification
A model of expanding access to electricity led by private sector – about the same access rate as Laos in mid 1990s, but now still less than 30%
•Private Rural Electrification Enterprises (REEs) have exclusive right in electricity service provision in licensed areas
– There are about 180 REEs licensed for rural electrification– About 54% of the population are in REEs’ areas– Very weak technical and financial capacity of REEs, resulting in insufficient
investments in generation and distribution, very low efficiency, and very high cost of electricity services
– very high tariff, about $0.5-1.0/kWh– very low connection rate, about3-5% in the REEs’ areas
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Cambodia – Grid-extension for Rural Electrification
• Independent regulator – Managing the licensing of REEs– Regulating REEs’ retail tariff in the principle of “cost plus”– Different tariffs for different REEs
• Public power utility company– Generation, transmission , plus distribution services in urban areas– Now is expanding MV network to REEs’ areas for bulk sales – can reduce
cost of generation– Not proactive in expanding distribution networks to expand grid coverage
• Governance risks– Risks in tariff setting ? – Risks of corruption – REEs are running profitable business
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Critical Factors of Success vs no Success
• Strong government commitment and support
• An efficient model with public utility-driven grid extension
• High efficiency in implementation of rural electrification projects due to strong commitment and capacity of EdL
• Combination of lowering cost of services and increasing tariff to ensure financial sustainability of electricity services
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