The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Advancing Sustainability in Performance, Infrastructure, and Reliability of the Energy Sector in the West Bank and Gaza (P170928) Advancing Sustainability in Performance, Infrastructure, and Reliability of the Energy Sector in the West Bank and Gaza (P170928) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | West Bank and Gaza | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2020 | Seq No: 9 | Archived on 31-Jul-2024 | ISR01352 Implementing Agencies: Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority (PENRA) 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 26-Apr-2020) To improve operational and financial performance of electricity sector institutions and diversification of energy sources in the West Bank and Gaza. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Component 1: Improving Infrastructure for Regional Electricity Interconnections in the West Bank and Gaza:(Cost 13,000,000.00) Component 2: Improving Sustainability of Service Delivery in West Bank and Gaza DISCOs:(Cost 7,000,000.00) Component 3: Enabling Private Sector Engagement in Renewable Energy:(Cost 34,000,000.00) Component 4: Technical Assistance, Capacity Building and Project Management:(Cost 9,000,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Jul 31, 2024 Page 1 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Advancing Sustainability in Performance, Infrastructure, and Reliability of the Energy Sector in the West Bank and Gaza (P170928) 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions 4.2 MPA Program Development Objective Original MPA Program Development Objective (Approved as part of (Seq. ) package on ) Current MPA Program Development Objective (Approved as part of (Seq. ) package on ) 4.3 Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) Status (Public Disclosure) The progress towards achieving the Project Development Objective is Moderately Satisfactory. The Implementation Progress raiting has been upgraded to Moderately Satisfactory, due to the improved project implementation performance, especially for the Liquidity Support Account and Payment System (LSAPS) activity. Such improvements have increased the project disbursement rate from 8.9% to 48%. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 08 - 19 May Proposed Rating 27 Apr 2020 2024 Political and Governance High High High Macroeconomic High High High Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary High Substantial Substantial Jul 31, 2024 Page 2 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Advancing Sustainability in Performance, Infrastructure, and Reliability of the Energy Sector in the West Bank and Gaza (P170928) Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Low Low Low Overall High Substantial Substantial Jul 31, 2024 Page 3 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Advancing Sustainability in Performance, Infrastructure, and Reliability of the Energy Sector in the West Bank and Gaza (P170928) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes PrDO1 and Phase1-PDO1: Improve operational performance of electricity sector institutions Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 11.00 Sept/2019 9.00 13-May-2024 9.00 13-May-2024 6.00 Jun/2028 Non-technical losses West Comments on Average based on non-technical losses recorded for each distribution company in West Bank Bank (Percentage) achieving targets 20.00 Sept/2019 18.00 13-May-2024 15.00 Jun/2027 Non-technical losses Comments on Non-technical losses as per Gaza Distribution Company (GEDCO) Gaza (Percentage) achieving targets PrDO2 and Phase1-PDO2: Improve financial performance of electricity sector institutions Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 30.00 Sept/2019 25.00 13-May-2024 25.00 13-May-2024 15.00 Jun/2027 Share of electricity sector Comments on 'Net-lending' is a mechanism by which payments due to Israel Electricity Corp are deducted net-lending in West Bank achieving targets from the clearance revenue mechanism. While the mechanism works for both W. Bank and (Percentage) Gaza. This indicator focuses on W. Bank. PrDO3 and Phase1-PDO3: Diversification of energy sources Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 36.00 Sept/2019 80.00 13-May-2024 80.00 Jun/2027 Electricity supply from Comments on This indicator refers only to import from Jordan during Phase 1. imports (Megawatt) achieving targets Jul 31, 2024 Page 4 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Advancing Sustainability in Performance, Infrastructure, and Reliability of the Energy Sector in the West Bank and Gaza (P170928) Installed capacity from new 0.00 Sept/2019 25.00 13-May-2024 25.00 13-May-2024 100.00 Jun/2027 IPPs in West Bank and Gaza Comments on Installed capacity (MW) from new IPPs (Megawatt) achieving targets 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Improving Infrastructure for Regional Electricity Interconnections in the West Bank and Gaza Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 16.00 Sept/2019 40.00 13-May-2024 80.00 Dec/2024 Connection points upgraded Comments on This indicator is under discussion and will be reviewed in the next ISR following the (Percentage) achieving targets restructuring. Length of MV lines upgraded 0.00 Sept/2019 24.00 13-May-2024 24.00 13-May-2024 45.00 Dec/2024 and constructed Comments on MV lines in Nablus, Jenin, Hebron, Gaza (Kilometers) achieving targets No Sept/2019 Yes 13-May-2024 Yes 13-May-2024 Yes Dec/2024 Substation operationalized Comments on This pertains to Tarqumiya substation in southern part of West Bank. (Text) achieving targets Component 2: Improving Sustainability of Service Delivery in West Bank and Gaza DISCOs Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Number of smart meters 0.00 Sept/2019 0.00 13-May-2024 0.00 13-May-2024 10,000.00 Dec/2024 installed under RPP-2 in West Comments on Smart meters purchased for installation as Revenue protection program, stage 2 Bank (Number) achieving targets Jul 31, 2024 Page 5 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Advancing Sustainability in Performance, Infrastructure, and Reliability of the Energy Sector in the West Bank and Gaza (P170928) Number of smart meters 0.00 Sept/2019 0.00 13-May-2024 0.00 13-May-2024 7,500.00 Dec/2024 installed under RPP-2 in Gaza Comments on Smart meters installed as Revenue Protection Program stage 2 (Number) achieving targets Share of female engineers 7.00 Sept/2019 19.00 13-May-2024 12.00 Dec/2024 employed in the energy Comments on Number of women formally employed in govt. and private energy institutions sector (Percentage) achieving targets Lessons learned reports from 0.00 Sept/2019 1.00 13-May-2024 2.00 Dec/2024 design and pilot of PETL Comments on Lessons learned report to capture insights from the collaborative process for designing the liquidity support account and achieving targets liquidity support account and payment system payment system (Number) Component 3: Enabling Private Sector Engagement in Renewable Energy Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Beneficiaries served by newly 0.00 Sept/2019 0.00 13-May-2024 0.00 13-May-2024 5,000.00 Jun/2028 installed solar PV systems Comments on this indicator will be dis-aggregated by: (i) number of public facilities; (ii) number of MSMEs (Number) achieving targets (also by gender); (iii) number of HHs (of which vulnerable/ FHH) 0.00 Sept/2019 0.00 13-May-2024 0.00 13-May-2024 20,000,000.00 Jun/2028 Private capital mobilized Comments on Investment in the solar IPPs by private sector developers, enabled by the PETL liquidity (Amount(USD)) achieving targets support account. 4.50 Sept/2019 12.50 13-May-2024 12.50 13-May-2024 10.00 Jun/2028 Share of RE capacity in West Comments on The proportion of RE in the total energy mix including all imports and domestic generation. Bank (Percentage) achieving targets Baseline is calculated as 50 divided by 1100. Beneficiary women-owned 0.00 Sept/2019 15.00 13-May-2024 15.00 13-May-2024 25.00 Jun/2028 businesses reporting stable Comments on This refers to women owned SMEs that benefit from the financing mechanism for solar PV incomes due to improved achieving targets systems electricity services (Percentage) Jul 31, 2024 Page 6 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Advancing Sustainability in Performance, Infrastructure, and Reliability of the Energy Sector in the West Bank and Gaza (P170928) Component 4: Technical Assistance, Capacity Building and Project Management Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Preparation of feasibility 0.00 Sept/2019 1.00 13-May-2024 2.00 Dec/2024 studies completed Comments on Feasibility studies for priority infrastructure projects for financing in Phase 2 (Number) achieving targets PENRA publishes on its 0.00 Sept/2019 1.00 13-May-2024 1.00 13-May-2024 2.00 Jun/2028 website results of citizen Comments on citizen engagement indicator engagement survey achieving targets (Number) Grievances registered related 0.00 Sept/2019 100.00 13-May-2024 90.00 Jun/2028 to delivery of project benefits Comments on Related to grievance redressal mechanism that are actually addressed achieving targets (Percentage) Jul 31, 2024 Page 7 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Advancing Sustainability in Performance, Infrastructure, and Reliability of the Energy Sector in the West Bank and Gaza (P170928) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed TF-B3036 Effective 14.00 14.00 0.00 2.76 11.24 19.71% TF-B3015 Effective 49.00 49.00 0.00 28.65 20.35 58.48% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing Jul 31, 2024 Page 8 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Advancing Sustainability in Performance, Infrastructure, and Reliability of the Energy Sector in the West Bank and Gaza (P170928) TF-B3015 Effective 23-Apr-2020 30-Jun-2020 25-Sept-2020 31-Dec-2024 31-Dec-2024 TF-B3036 Effective 23-Apr-2020 30-Jun-2020 25-Sept-2020 31-Dec-2024 31-Dec-2024 8. KEY DATES Key Events Planned Actual Approval 27-Apr-2020 27-Apr-2020 Effectiveness 30-Oct-2020 25-Sept-2020 Mid-Term Review No. 01 30-Sept-2024 Operation Closing/Cancellation 31-Dec-2024 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Jul 31, 2024 Page 9 of 9