The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting the Electricity Social Tariff Transition in the Province of Buenos Aires (P170329) Supporting the Electricity Social Tariff Transition in the Province of Buenos Aires (P170329) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Argentina | Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2020 | Seq No: 2 | ARCHIVED on 25-Jun-2020 | ISR42412 | Implementing Agencies: Provincial Directorate of Multilateral and Bilateral Financing, Province of Buenos Aires Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 05-Sep-2019 Effectiveness Date: 27-Nov-2019 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 30-Jun-2021 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 30-Jun-2022 Revised Closing Date: 30-Jun-2022 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) Support the transition of the electricity social tariff scheme from the federal to the Buenos Aires provincial level, while strengthening the institutional capacity of the province of Buenos Aires to implement ST delivery Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Institutional capacity building on Social Tariff implementation and Energy Efficiency:(Cost $8.00 M) Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost $1.12 M) Social Tariff Scheme Financing:(Cost $140.50 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The PBA Government has met the target to trigger the second disbursement regarding the exchange of data on the electricity social tariff beneficiaries. Therefore, a disbursement for around US$ 16 million is being processed. Project implementation has slowed as a result of COVID-19. The Bank and the PBA are exploring options to speed up implementation. 6/25/2020 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting the Electricity Social Tariff Transition in the Province of Buenos Aires (P170329) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance High High High Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and High High High Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other -- -- Moderate Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Support the transition of the ST scheme from the federal to the Buenos Aires provincial level IN00860890 ►Institutional arragements and regulations on ST administratation approved by the provincial goverment (Text, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Competencies of ST monitoring and managing integrated users' database have been formally Intermediate Target 1.1 Intermediate Target Value - integrated in an Completed 1.2 Completed existing institutional area of the PBA or a new specific area has been formally created for this propose. Date 03-Jun-2019 09-Dec-2019 12-Jun-2020 30-Jun-2022 The ST scheme is regulated with clear, homogeneous protocols and responsibilities among the Comments: institutions involved for the PBA. Each of the intermediate targets mean a step for this end. IN00860906 ►Percentage of users with incomplete information in the database (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 6/25/2020 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting the Electricity Social Tariff Transition in the Province of Buenos Aires (P170329) Value 28.00 28.00 30.40 18.00 Date 03-Jun-2019 09-Dec-2019 30-Apr-2020 30-Jun-2022 Comments: Electricity users with incomplete information in database which prevent assessment of eligibility IN00860907 ►Percentage of users with ST included by claims and ad hoc additional assessments mechanisms (Percentage, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 18.30 18.30 17.10 10.00 Date 03-Jun-2019 09-Dec-2019 30-Apr-2020 30-Jun-2022 Comments: Electricity users who have access to the subsidy through non automatically selected by SINTyS Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Institutional capacity building on Social Tariff implementation and Energy Efficiency IN00860908 ►Percentage of ST users included via social programs (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 39.00 39.00 34.10 50.00 Date 03-Jun-2019 09-Dec-2019 30-Apr-2020 30-Jun-2022 Number of electricity users who have access to pro-poor social programs (cash transfer programs, non Comments: contributory pensions and in-kind programs) covered by the social tariff divided total users covered by social tariff IN00860909 ►Number of distribution companies updating information on electricity users (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 03-Jun-2019 09-Dec-2019 30-Apr-2020 30-Dec-2022 This indicator shows the number of distribution companies re-surveying users. This indicator shows Comments: progress due to activities in Component 1 IN00860910 ►Social Tariff assessments (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Social Tariff Value - No due yet No due yet Assessment Report Date 03-Jun-2019 09-Dec-2019 30-Apr-2020 30-Jun-2022 6/25/2020 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting the Electricity Social Tariff Transition in the Province of Buenos Aires (P170329) This indicator shows the capability to implement Social Tariff reforms including targeting and distributive Comments: incidence. Unit of measure: finalized analytical studies. This indicator shows progression in activities in Components 1 IN00860911 ►Energy-efficiency studies (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Efficiency Strategy Value - No due yet No due yet Report Date 03-Jun-2019 09-Dec-2019 30-Apr-2020 30-Jun-2022 This indicator shows the capability to develop an energy efficiency strategy including consumption Comments: behaviors, technlogy update. Unit of measure: finalized analytical studies IN00860912 ►Percentage of ST users with information on electricity consumption in the integrated database (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 69.00 69.00 69.60 100.00 Date 03-Jun-2019 09-Dec-2019 30-Apr-2020 30-Jun-2022 Number of ST electricity users with information on consumption (KWh per month) divided total users Comments: covered by social tariff IN00860913 ►Number of users with missing identification data (Number (Thousand), Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 831,254.00 831,254.00 821,831.00 550,000.00 Date 03-Jun-2019 09-Dec-2019 30-Apr-2020 30-Jun-2022 This indicator shows the number of electricity users unable to be assessed for ST due to missing id Comments: information. Unit of measure: hundreds of electricity users. Decreasing trend in this indicator shows progress due to activities in Component 1 IN00860914 ►Number of users with missing socio-economic data (Number (Thousand), Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 834,778.00 834,778.00 912,268.00 560,000.00 Date 03-Jun-2019 09-Dec-2019 30-Apr-2020 30-Jun-2022 This indicator shows the number of electricity users unable to be assessed for ST due to missing socio- Comments: economic information. Unit of measure: hundreds of electricity users. Decreasing trend in this indicator shows progress due to activities in Component 1 IN00860915 ►Consolidated grievance mechanism in place for the whole ST Program (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target The GM system is fully No Consolidated functional and uses the Value No Consolidated System No Consolidated System System monitoring system to manage grievances 6/25/2020 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting the Electricity Social Tariff Transition in the Province of Buenos Aires (P170329) Date 03-Jun-2019 09-Dec-2019 30-Apr-2020 30-Jun-2022 Consolidated Grievance Mechanism working and available for all potential social tariff beneficiaries in the Comments: PBA with unified criteria, protocols for appropriate time response and reporting procedures acceptable to the Bank Performance-Based Conditions IN00860916 ►PBC 1 Institutional arragements and regulations on ST administratation approved by the provincial goverment (Text, Outcome, 91,100,000.00, 32.93%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) October 2021 Target 1.1 has been Intermediate Target 1.2 Value - -- accomplished Completed Date -- 09-Dec-2019 12-Jun-2020 -- IN00860917 ►PBC 2 Percentage of users with ST included by claims and ad hoc additional assessments mechanisms (Percentage, Outcome, 10,400,000.00, 6.93%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) October 2021 Value 18.30 18.30 17.10 -- Date -- 09-Dec-2019 30-Apr-2020 -- IN00860918 ►PBC 3 Number of users with missing identification data (Number (Thousand), Intermediate Outcome, 19,500,000.00, 13%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) October 2021 Value 831,254.00 831,254.00 821,831.00 -- Date -- 09-Dec-2019 30-Apr-2020 -- IN00860919 ►PBC 4 Number of users with missing socio-economic data (Number (Thousand), Intermediate Outcome, 19,500,000.00, 13%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) October 2021 Value 834,778.00 834,778.00 912,268.00 -- 6/25/2020 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting the Electricity Social Tariff Transition in the Province of Buenos Aires (P170329) Date -- 09-Dec-2019 30-Apr-2020 -- Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P170329 IBRD-90070 Effective USD 150.00 150.00 0.00 30.38 119.63 20% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P170329 IBRD-90070 Effective 05-Sep-2019 24-Oct-2019 27-Nov-2019 30-Jun-2022 30-Jun-2022 Cumulative Disbursements PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC 6/25/2020 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Supporting the Electricity Social Tariff Transition in the Province of Buenos Aires (P170329) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 6/25/2020 Page 7 of 7