Type of On-Grid Activities
Grid extension/densification approaches
Type of grid activities
Grid extension: Benin, Ghana, Nicaragua, Nepal
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Grid densification(with and without transformation: Bolivia, Peru, Mozambique, Uganda
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Costs
Financial support
Additional Support
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- 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
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Lessons learnt
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- 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
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