Type of On-Grid Activities
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Grid Extension / Densification Approaches
Type of Grid Activities
Grid extension:
Benin, Ghana, Nicaragua, Nepal
Grid densification (with and without transformation):
Bolivia, Peru, Mozambique, Uganda
Costs
|
Benin |
Ghana |
Nicaragua |
Bolivien |
Peru |
Mozambique |
Costs/ Connection (€) |
2000 |
5540 |
220-588 |
62 |
90 |
134 |
Tariff |
Social tariff |
Social tariff |
Social tariff |
Social tariff |
Social tariff |
Social tariff |
Security of energy supply |
Medium |
Medium |
High |
High |
High |
high |
Financial Support
|
Benin |
Ghana |
Nicaragua |
Bolivien |
Peru |
Mozambique |
EnDev subsidy |
70% |
99% |
100% |
20% |
22% |
100% |
Government |
30% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Utility |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0-80% |
0% |
0% |
Customer |
0% |
1% |
0% |
0-80% |
78% |
0% |
Additional Support
- Procurement support
- Developing local standards for grid connection
- Facilitating group applications for grid connections
- Training of local electricians for in-house wiring
- Training of consumers in energy use and efficiency
- Ex-ante savings for connection fees
- Introduction of installment payments of the connection fee linked to the electricity bills
Lessons Learned
- Some utilities are not interested in grid densification
- Poor households are often excluded in extension projects
- Some utilities have great difficulties to organize efficient procurement processes causing severe delays
- Free rider effect difficult to avoid (efficient selection process or accept the effect)
- Detailed monitoring is considered a burden and not always implemented
- In several countries power generation capacity cannot keep up with grid extension
- In rural areas several households are connected to a meter to save the connection fee which can be legal or illegal according to national and local regulation. In some of these case voltage drop can be a severe problem