Type of On-Grid Activities

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

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	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

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	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 learnt

• 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