The World Bank Report No: ISR6830
Implementation Status & Results
Ethiopia
Ethiopia Electricity Access Rural Expansion Project, Phase II - GPOBA (P105651)
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Operation Name: Ethiopia Electricity Access Rural Expansion Project, Phase II Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 6 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 03-Dec-2011
- GPOBA (P105651)
Country: Ethiopia Approval FY: 2009
Product Line: Recipient Executed Activities Region: AFRICA Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan
Implementing Agency(ies): EEPCo
Key Dates
Board Approval Date 11-Nov-2008 Original Closing Date 31-Dec-2011 Planned Mid Term Review Date 29-Jun-2012 Last Archived ISR Date 03-Dec-2011
Effectiveness Date 29-May-2009 Revised Closing Date 30-Jun-2013 Actual Mid Term Review Date
Project Development Objectives
Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document)
The main objective of the GPOBA project is to increase access to electricity in rural towns and villages with grid-access, by assisting EEPCo in its connection fee
financing program, extending loan tenors of five years to poor household customers. In addition, the GPOBA grant will finance two energy efficient Compact Fluorescent
Lamps (CFLs) for poor households (hhs). Those CFLs will be delivered as part of the connection package to both ensure an affordable bill for hhs and promote energy
efficiency. The increased access to electricity will improve the quality of life, enhance educational services, and provide income-generating opportunities.
Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project?
Yes No
Component(s)
Component Name Component Cost
Connection of customers in tandem with 5 year loans and CFLs 8.00
Overall Ratings
Previous Rating Current Rating
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Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory
Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory
Overall Risk Rating Moderate
Implementation Status Overview
The project implementation was affected by the moratorium imposed by the government from 2008 to 2010 to connect new consumers. This was in response to the severe electricity
supply shortage caused by drought and delay in power plant construction. As this project agreement was signed in October 2008, EEPCO could never start the project until the
moratorium was lifted in late 2010, after the power supply situation improved. Over the two years of the moratorium, the backlog of consumers who applied for connection grew to
several hundred thousand and, following the lifting of the moratorium, EEPCO initially concentrated on connecting the commercial and industrial consumers, as well as households
who paid the connection costs in advance. Since June 2011, EEPCO started to connect poor consumers eligible under GPOBA project. As of April 18, 2012, a total of 24,703
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households have been connected under the GPOBA Project. EEPCO has received about 52,689 applications for connection under GPOBA and has signed agreements with 31,170
customers for connections.
The Independent Verification Agent (IVA) completed the first verification of connections (7,079) in December 2011. The first disbursement took place based on the output verification
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report submitted by IVA after the first verification. The second verification of connections (about 14,135) takes place during April 23- June 10, 2012.
At the request of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MOFED), the Bank approved the extension of the closing date from December 31, 2011 until June 30, 2013 to
allow the client reach the final target of 228,571 customers under this project. The subsidy disbursement schedule connections/three successful billing cycles was changed from
50/50/ to 80/20. The current disbursement schedule is the following: 1) - 80% based upon physical verification of the outputs and 2) - 20% after three successive billing cycles, which
include bills being issued reflecting metered consumption and outstanding debts with the utility (consumption and amortization of the loans).
Locations
No Location data has been entered
Results
Project Development Objective Indicators
Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target
Number of new household with an operative Text Value Zero. No customer 24703 A total of 228,571 rural hhs
metered connection made by EEPCo who connections so far meet the will be connected and/or have
received a 5-year loan to finance such requirement of 5-year loans their connections regularized
connection and include 2 CFLs as part of with proper metering, as a
the connection package result of this GPOBA
intervention.
Date 29-May-2009 18-Apr-2012 29-Jun-2012
Comments Moratorium on connections
due to power crisis was lifted
late 2010.
Number of energy efficient CFLs (two per Text Value Zero. No customer 47,990 457,142 CFLs will be
household) provided to those new households connections so far meet the distributed to those customers
requirement of 5-year loans to promote energy
and include 2 CFLs as part of conservation and reduce their
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the connection package electrici
Date 29-May-2009 18-Apr-2012 29-Jun-2012
Comments 12,742 (certified during the
first verification; 89.4% )
+
35,248 (to be certified)
Intermediate Results Indicators
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Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target
Monitoring and Verification Agency hired and Text Value No M&V in place, No TOR The first OVR based on TOR, procurement of firm,
operational outputs (7079 verified operational and able to attest
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connections) submitted first batch ofconnections
Date 29-May-2009 10-May-2012 30-Nov-2009
Comments IVA pursues the second
verification of connections.
OVR expected in June 2012
Data on Financial Performance (as of 29-Feb-2012)
Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates
Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date
P105651 TF-92600 Effective 30-Oct-2008 30-Oct-2008 29-May-2009 31-Dec-2011 30-Jun-2013
P105651 TF-92601 Effective 30-Oct-2008 30-Oct-2008 29-May-2009 31-Dec-2011 30-Jun-2013
Disbursements (in Millions)
Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed
P105651 TF-92600 Effective USD 6.20 6.20 0.00 0.04 6.16 1.00
P105651 TF-92601 Effective USD 1.80 1.80 0.00 0.01 1.79 1.00
Disbursement Graph
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Key Decisions Regarding Implementation
The moratorium imposed on new connections from 2008 to 2010, due to the severe power supply crisis, delayed project implementation. After the supply situation improved, the
moratorium was lifted and, as of April 18, 2012, a total of 24,703 households have been connected under the GPOBA Project. EEPCO has received about 52,689 applications for
connection under GPOBA and has signed agreements with 31,170 customers for connections.
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The Independent Verification Agent (IVA) completed the first verification of connections (7,079) in December 2011. The first disbursement took place based on the output verification
report submitted by IVA after the first verification. The second verification of connections (about 14,135 connections) takes place during April 23- June 10, 2012.
At the request of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MOFED), the Bank approved the extension of the closing date from December 31, 2011 until June 30, 2013.
Restructuring History
Level two Approved on 23-Dec-2011
Related Projects
There are no related projects.
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