The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rwanda - Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project (P172594) Rwanda - Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project (P172594) EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA | Rwanda | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2021 | Seq No: 9 | Archived on 02-Dec-2024 | ISR02261 Implementing Agencies: Development Bank of Rwanda, Energy Development Corporation Limited 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 16-Sep-2020) Improve access to modern energy for households, enterprises, and public institutions and enhance the efficiency of electricity services in the Republic of Rwanda. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Increasing Access to Grid Electricity:(Cost 90,000,000.00) Enhancing the Efficiency of Electricity Service:(Cost 30,000,000.00) Increasing Access to Off-Grid Electricity and Clean Cooking Solutions:(Cost 32,000,000.00) Technical Assistance, Institutional Capacity Building and Implementation Support:(Cost 8,000,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS Dec 02, 2024 Page 1 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rwanda - Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project (P172594) 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Rwanda Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project (EAQIP) was approved by the Board on September 17, 2020, and became effective on March 29, 2021. Project implementation progress towards achievement of the Project Development Objectives remains satisfactory. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 08 - 23 May Proposed Rating 17 Sep 2020 2024 Political and Governance Moderate Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Substantial Moderate Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Dec 02, 2024 Page 2 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rwanda - Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project (P172594) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Improved access to modern energy for households, enterprises, and public institutions Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Sep/2020 12,420.00 29-Feb-2024 493,960 30-Sep-2024 1,679,000.00 Dec/2026 People provided with new or improved electricity service Comments on This indicator has been revised to include EAQIP Additional Financing (Number) achieving targets Enterprises provided with 0.00 Sep/2020 0.00 29-Feb-2024 117 30-Sep-2024 17,000.00 Dec/2026 new or improved electricity Comments on Enterprises provided with new or improved access to electricity. service (Number) achieving targets Public institutions (clinics, 0.00 Sep/2020 1.00 29-Feb-2024 56 30-Sep-2024 51.00 Dec/2026 schools, and administrative Comments on Clinics, schools, and administrative centers provided with new or improved access to centers) provided with new or achieving targets electricity. improved electricity service. (Number) People provided with new or 0.00 Sep/2020 972,884.00 29-Feb-2024 1,543,392 30-Sep-2024 3,010,000.00 Dec/2026 improved access to clean Comments on People provided with new or improved solutions access to clean cooking. cooking solutions (Number) achieving targets Reduction of net CO2 0.00 Sep/2020 0.00 29-Feb-2024 60,501 30-Sep-2024 2,700,000.00 Dec/2026 emissions through off-grid Comments on This indicator has been revised to include EAQIP Additional Financing. Target value electrification and clean achieving targets is unavailable as BRD is developing a methodology to calculate emissions reductions through cooking solutions (Metric clean cooking solutions. Page 3 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rwanda - Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project (P172594) ton) Public institutions (schools) 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 29-Feb-2024 0.00 30-Sep-2024 150.00 Dec/2026 provided with new or Comments on This is a new indicator based on EAQIP Additional Financing. improved access to clean achieving targets cooking solutions (Number) Enhanced efficiency of electricity service Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Generation capacity of energy 0.00 Sep/2020 0.00 29-Feb-2024 0.00 30-Sep-2024 11.25 Dec/2026 constructed or rehabilitated (Megawatt) Hydropower generation 0.00 Sep/2020 0.00 29-Feb-2024 0.00 30-Sep-2024 11.25 Dec/2026 capacity rehabilitated under the project (Megawatt) Reduced voltage fluctuations 0.00 Sep/2020 0.00 29-Feb-2024 0.00 30-Sep-2024 50.00 Dec/2026 in Rwanda’s backbone Comments on Reduction in voltage fluctuations of +/- 10% in Rwanda’s backbone transmission lines. transmission lines. achieving targets (Percentage) 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Increasing Access to Grid Electricity Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Page 4 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rwanda - Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project (P172594) Households provided with 0.00 Sep/2020 3,105.00 29-Feb-2024 38,616 30-Sep-2024 230,000.00 Dec/2026 new or improved access to Comments on Households provided with new or improved access to grid electricity. grid electricity (Number) achieving targets of which: female- 0.00 22.20 25.90 24.80 headed households Comments on this indicator evaluates if a minimum specified percentage of new connections are made to (Percentage) achieving targets female-headed households 0.00 Sep/2020 223.50 29-Feb-2024 193.46 30-Sep-2024 2,250.00 Dec/2026 Comments on This indicator outlines the number of kilometers of 30kV and 15kV lines constructed under the Kilometers of MV lines achieving targets project, in aid of grid-connections of households, trade centres and public institutions. The value constructed under the project has reduced compared to the previous submission on Feb 29, 2024, since in the previous (Kilometers) submission EDCL had mistakenly reported lines constructed under a parallel-financed project. 0.00 Sep/2020 934.16 29-Feb-2024 1,141.88 30-Sep-2024 4,088.00 Dec/2026 Kilometers of LV lines Comments on This indicator outlines the number of kilometers of LV lines constructed under the project, in aid constructed under the project achieving targets of grid-connections of households, trade centres and public institutions. (Kilometers) 0.00 Sep/2020 64.00 29-Feb-2024 224 30-Sep-2024 1,355.00 Dec/2026 Distribution transformers Comments on This indicator outlines the number of transformers installed under the project, in aid of grid- installed (Number) achieving targets connections of households, trade centres and public institutions. Share of female workers 0.00 Sep/2020 19.00 29-Feb-2024 13.40 30-Sep-2024 10.00 Dec/2026 under contracts financed by Comments on This indicator evaluates if the contractors undertaking the project work are employing a Component 1 (Percentage) achieving targets minimum specified percentage of female workers on the project work. Enhancing the Efficiency of Electricity Service Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Page 5 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rwanda - Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project (P172594) EUCL is able to measure the No Sep/2020 No 29-Feb-2024 No 30-Sep-2024 Yes Dec/2026 system losses in the main Comments on This indicator indicates an improvement in EUCL's ability to monitor system losses across the transmission and distribution achieving targets network. network using smart meters. (Yes/No) Substations equipped with 0.00 Sep/2020 2.00 29-Feb-2024 2.00 30-Sep-2024 2.00 Dec/2026 static VAR compensators Comments on Substations equipped with static VAR compensators (Number) achieving targets Power stations with 0.00 Sep/2020 0.00 29-Feb-2024 0.00 30-Sep-2024 2.00 Dec/2026 generation governing systems Comments on Power stations with generation governing systems installed installed (Number) achieving targets Distribution transformers 0.00 Sep/2020 0.00 29-Feb-2024 547 30-Sep-2024 3,000.00 Dec/2026 fitted with smart meters Comments on This indicator reports the numbers of smart meters installed on network transformers under (Number) achieving targets the project. The baseline is zero Industrial/Commercial 0.00 Sep/2020 0.00 29-Feb-2024 0.00 30-Sep-2024 4,000.00 Dec/2026 customers fitted with smart Comments on This indicator reports the numbers of smart meters installed on utility customer premises meters by the project achieving targets under the project. The baseline is zero (Number) Share of female workers 0.00 Sep/2020 25.00 29-Feb-2024 14.30 30-Sep-2024 10.00 Dec/2026 under contracts financed by Comments on This indicator evaluates if the contractors undertaking the project work are employing a Component 2 (Percentage) achieving targets minimum specified percentage of female workers on the project work. Increasing Access to Off-Grid Electricity and Clean Cooking Solutions Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Households provided with 0.00 Sep/2020 0.00 29-Feb-2024 84,874 30-Sep-2024 150,000.00 Dec/2026 new or improved access to Comments on Households provided with new or improved access to off-grid electricity. off-grid electricity (Number) achieving targets Page 6 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rwanda - Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project (P172594) of which: female- 0.00 0.00 29 0.00 headed households Comments on of which: female-headed households (Percentage) achieving targets 0.00 Sep/2020 243,221.00 29-Feb-2024 385,848 30-Sep-2024 500,000.00 Dec/2026 Households provided with new or improved access to Comments on BRD is developing a methodology to track the share female-headed households (Percentage) clean cooking solutions achieving targets sub-indicator by updating the Eligibility Tool (Number) of which: female- 0.00 53.09 45 25.00 headed households Comments on of which: female-headed households (Percentage) achieving targets Households provided with 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 29-Feb-2024 0.00 13-Sep-2024 10,000.00 Dec/2026 new or improved access to Comments on This is a new indicator based on EAQIP Additional Financing. off-grid electricity through Ci- achieving targets Dev fund (Number) of which: Female 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 headed households (Percentage) Households provided with 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 29-Feb-2024 0.00 30-Sep-2024 200,000.00 Dec/2026 new or improved access to Comments on This is a new indicator based on EAQIP Additional Financing. clean cooking solutions achieving targets through Ci-Dev fund (Number) of which: Female 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 Headed Households (Percentage) 0.00 Sep/2020 7,021,462.00 29-Feb-2024 21,385,686 30-Sep-2024 19,000,000.00 Dec/2026 Amount of private investment Comments on Amount of private investment mobilized mobilized (Amount(USD)) achieving targets Page 7 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rwanda - Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project (P172594) 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 29-Feb-2024 0.00 30-Sep-2024 3,000,000.00 Dec/2026 Amount of private investment mobilized through Ci-Dev Comments on This is a new indicator based on EAQIP Additional Financing. fund (Amount(USD)) achieving targets 0.00 Sep/2020 1.00 29-Feb-2024 1.00 30-Sep-2024 1.00 Dec/2026 Comments on Policies and regulations adopted by the governments to support clean cooking market Policies and regulations achieving targets development. adopted by the government to support clean cooking market development (Number) Ministry of Infrastructure published the Ministerial Guidelines for Clean Cooking Technologies in December 2022 Share of female workers in 0.00 Sep/2020 41.00 29-Feb-2024 36 30-Sep-2024 10.00 Dec/2026 enterprises financed by Comments on This indicator evaluates if the off-grid solar home system providers and clean cooking service Component 3 (Percentage) achieving targets providers participating in the RBF employ a minimum specified percentage of female workers. 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 29-Feb-2024 0.00 30-Sep-2024 100.00 Dec/2026 ERPA Disbursement (Percentage of Total Eligible Comments on This is a new indicator based on EAQIP Additional Financing. Amount) (Percentage) achieving targets Technical Assistance, Institutional Capacity Building and Implementation Support Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Impact evaluation studies No Sep/2020 No 29-Feb-2024 No 30-Sep-2024 Yes Dec/2026 conducted for the project (Yes/No) REG publishes its annual No Jun/2020 No 29-Feb-2024 No 30-Sep-2024 Yes Dec/2026 customer satisfaction survey results (Yes/No) Page 8 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rwanda - Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project (P172594) 0.00 Sep/2020 100.00 29-Feb-2024 100.00 30-Sep-2024 100.00 Dec/2026 Grievances received Comments on A project Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) is set up; all grievances received are recorded addressed (Percentage) achieving targets and resolved. MINECOFIN completes No Jun/2022 No 29-Feb-2024 No 30-Sep-2024 Yes Dec/2026 transfer of revenue from the Comments on This is a new indicator based on EAQIP Additional Financing. first ERPA Payment to BRD to achieving targets replenish the RBF window (Yes/No) Page 9 of 11 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rwanda - Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project (P172594) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed Historical Disbursed IDA-67760 Effective 75.00 54.21 0.00 45.16 12.18 78.76% 75.00 IDA-D7210 Effective 75.00 73.16 0.00 46.32 27.19 63.01% 75.00 TF-B3589 Effective 10.00 10.00 0.00 7.94 2.06 79.42% 10.00 TF-B8896 Effective 3.15 3.15 0.00 0.34 2.81 10.71% 3.15 TF-B8895 Effective 0.40 0.40 0.00 0.24 0.16 59.48% 0.40 Dec 02, 2024 Page 9 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Rwanda - Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project (P172594) TF-B8893 Effective 0.30 0.30 0.00 0.00 0.26 14.17% 0.30 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing IDA-67760 Effective 17-Sep-2020 24-Sep-2020 29-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2026 31-Dec-2026 IDA-D7210 Effective 17-Sep-2020 24-Sep-2020 29-Mar-2021 31-Dec-2026 31-Dec-2026 TF-B3589 Effective 17-Sep-2020 24-Sep-2020 29-Mar-2021 30-Jun-2023 31-Dec-2026 TF-B8893 Effective 28-Jun-2022 07-Oct-2022 05-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2025 30-Jun-2025 TF-B8895 Effective 28-Jun-2022 07-Oct-2022 05-Jan-2023 31-Dec-2026 31-Dec-2026 TF-B8896 Effective 28-Jun-2022 07-Oct-2022 05-Jan-2023 31-Dec-2026 31-Dec-2026 8. KEY DATES Key Events Planned Actual Approval 17-Sep-2020 17-Sep-2020 Effectiveness 29-Mar-2021 29-Mar-2021 Mid-Term Review No. 01 31-Mar-2023 27-Feb-2023 Operation Closing/Cancellation 31-Dec-2026 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY Restructuring Level 2 Approved on 04-Oct-2023 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Dec 02, 2024 Page 10 of 10