The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sierra Leone Energy Sector Utility Reform Project (P120304) Sierra Leone Energy Sector Utility Reform Project (P120304) AFRICA WEST | Sierra Leone | Energy & Extractives Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2014 | Seq No: 14 | ARCHIVED on 25-Nov-2020 | ISR43934 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Government of Sierra Leone, Ministry of Energy, Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA), Government of Sierra Leone Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 18-Dec-2013 Effectiveness Date: 15-Dec-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 13-Jun-2016 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 16-Sep-2016 Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2018 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2022 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective is to improve the operational performance of the national electricity distribution utility. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Distribution Utility Capacity Enhancement and Performance Improvement:(Cost $18.00 M) Component 2: Improvement of Electricity Supply in Urban Areas:(Cost $65.00 M) Component 3: Sector Planning Assistance, Project Implementation Support and Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost $8.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions Since April 1, 2020, the local managers have solely taken over the operation of EDSA following the departure of the Management Contract. The reliability of the distribution network in particular has improved substantially resulting in improvement of PDO indicators. The distribution network quality has improved and there has been a significant progress on key performance indicators. The average duration of outages per year at the MV level in the project area has been reduced from a baseline of 117 hours (in 2016) to an average of 22.64 hours (in 2020). The average interruption frequency per year at the MV level in the project area has decreased to 12 for a target of 18. The distribution capacity of the 33 kV and 11 kV network increased from 40 MW in 2016 to 78 MW in 2020. The Aggregate Technical, Commercial and Collection (ATC) losses have decreased to 46% compared to 51% in 2016. EDSA informed that vigorous actions were taken in 2020 to reduce illegal abstraction, wrong tariff allocation and poor collection from customers with post-paid meters. Total number of customers of EDSA stands at 214,563 compared to 185,000 in 2018. 11/25/2020 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sierra Leone Energy Sector Utility Reform Project (P120304) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Substantial Moderate Macroeconomic -- High Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies -- Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and -- Substantial Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary -- Substantial Substantial Environment and Social -- Substantial Substantial Stakeholders -- Substantial Moderate Other -- Substantial Moderate Overall -- Substantial Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve Operational Performance of EDSA IN00907268 ►Aggregate Technical, Commercial and Collection (ATC&C) Losses of EDSA (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 51.00 46.00 46.00 30.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2020 30-Dec-2022 The combined effect of system loss reduction and collection improvement has reduced the ATC&C losses Comments: from about 51 percent in 2016 to 46 percent in September 2020. IN00907269 ►Average duration of outages per year at the MV level in the project area (Hours, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 117.00 23.82 22.64 45.00 11/25/2020 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sierra Leone Energy Sector Utility Reform Project (P120304) Date 30-Dec-2016 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2020 30-Dec-2022 The Average duration of outages per year at the MV level in the project area has improved Comments: significantly from 117 ( baseline ) to 23.82 in June 2020 to 22.64 in September 2020. IN00907270 ►Average interruption frequency per year at the MV level in the project area (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 183.00 11.00 144.00 75.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2020 30-Dec-2022 Average number of interruptions of service per year. The baseline is calculated based on the observed average of one interruption every two days. The previous actual is modified and baseline and target Comments: corrected. The Baseline is 183 and actual as end of September is 144.00 IN00907306 ►The distribution capacity of the 33 kv and 11 kV network increased (Megawatt, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 40.00 77.20 78.00 130.00 Date 30-Nov-2016 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2020 30-Dec-2022 The total distribution capacity of EDSA in Freetown increased from about 40 MW in 2016 to about 78 MW Comments: as of September 2020. Six (06) substations were rehabilitated and commissioned under ESURP. IN00907307 ►People provided with new or improved electricity service (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 360,000.00 534,000.00 625,480.00 Date 30-Nov-2016 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2020 30-Dec-2022 On the number of people benefitting from the project, the network related interruption times and hours per interruption have reduced significantly, so all people supplied with electricity have benefited. This was Comments: reinforce with the commissioning of the 06 newly refurbished substations. About 60% of EDSA costumers in Freetown benefit from improved electricty. IN00907308 People provided with new or improved electricity service - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 185,000.00 272,340.00 318,995.00 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Distribution Utility Capacity Enhancement and Performance Improvement IN00907309 11/25/2020 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sierra Leone Energy Sector Utility Reform Project (P120304) ►Contractor for utility operation and management appointed (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 01-Aug-2013 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2020 31-Aug-2020 IN00907314 ►New Management Information System (MIS) installed (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 31-Jan-2019 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2020 30-Jun-2021 Component 2: Improvement of Electricity Supply in Urban Areas IN00907310 ►Substations constructed and rehabilitated under the Project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 4.00 6.00 10.00 Date 01-Aug-2013 15-Jun-2020 15-Jun-2020 30-Dec-2022 IN00907312 ►Distribution lines (33kV, 11kV and LV) constructed or rehabilitated under the project (Kilometers, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 118.80 191.90 600.00 Date 01-Aug-2013 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2020 30-Dec-2022 Construction activities under the two contracts financed by ESURP commenced in June 2019. The Lot2 is expected to be completed by December 2020 after extension. As for Lot1 related to MV/LV Comments: works, there is substantial delay and in the opinion of the team, the Contractor will not be able to accomplish the work by end of December 2020. IN00907316 Distribution lines rehabilitated under the project (Kilometers, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 189.40 350.00 Date 01-Aug-2013 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2020 30-Dec-2022 IN00907317 ►Energy Meters Replaced and Installed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 11/25/2020 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sierra Leone Energy Sector Utility Reform Project (P120304) Date 20-May-2019 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2020 30-Dec-2022 EDSA has replaced and installed around 28,000 meters for customers in Freetown from 2017 until now. The contract for 20,000 meters under ESURP was signed and delivery is planned for December2020/January 2021 .The procurement of another 50,000 meters is underway. Comments: Component 3: Sector Planning Assistance, Project Implementation Support and Monitoring and Evaluation IN00907311 ►Reports of Contractor’s performance submitted every year to the Steering Committee (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 Date 01-Aug-2013 15-Jun-2020 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2020 The supervising engineer for the MC resigned in June 2018 and no supervising engineer’s report were submitted to the Steering Committee since then. The supervising engineer’s performance was considered Comments: unsatisfactory, the engineer has not been replaced. MC’s performance has been assessed by MOE based on EDSA staff feedback. The MC contract ended in March 2020. IN00907313 ►Grievances resolved within the stipulated period of time (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 90.00 Date 20-May-2019 15-Jun-2020 30-Oct-2020 30-Dec-2022 This is linked to the GRM. There were 10 complaints thus far registered by the project and solved Comments: IN00907315 ►Beneficiary feedback surveys undertaken (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 Date 20-May-2019 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2020 30-Dec-2022 This is going to be a one-time survey to be conduced before the closing date of the project. Survey will be undertaken at the end of 2021 Comments: IN00907318 ►Number of Staff Trained (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 435.00 492.00 50.00 11/25/2020 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sierra Leone Energy Sector Utility Reform Project (P120304) Date 31-Dec-2014 15-Jun-2020 30-Sep-2020 30-Dec-2022 Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P120304 IDA-53330 Effective USD 40.00 40.00 0.00 32.98 3.43 91% P120304 IDA-64110 Effective USD 50.00 50.00 0.00 14.44 36.45 28% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P120304 IDA-53330 Effective 18-Dec-2013 17-Jan-2014 15-Dec-2014 31-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2022 P120304 IDA-64110 Effective 17-May-2019 17-Jun-2019 14-Oct-2019 31-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2022 Cumulative Disbursements 11/25/2020 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sierra Leone Energy Sector Utility Reform Project (P120304) PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 07-Apr-2015 ,Level 2 Approved on 22-Jun-2017 ,Level Approved on 09-Jun-2020 ,Level 2 Approved on 22-Jun-2020 Related Project(s) P166390-Sierra Leone Energy Sector Utility Reform Project Additional Financing 11/25/2020 Page 7 of 7