The objective of the Electricity Service Access Project is to increase electricity access in Zambia's targeted rural areas. There are three components to the project, the first component being on-grid electricity access expansion. This component will provide financing for on-grid connections in rural areas using the approaches under the OBA/connection fee subsidy program. To support the ‘last mile’ connections, the project will also finance critical distribution network reinforcements and extensions through applying low-cost technologies where appropriate that will enable ZESCO to add new connections to the grid, complementing ongoing access expansion efforts by CPs in other parts of the country. The second component is the off-grid electricity access expansion. This component will initially fund required upstream activities to enable the private sector participation in rural off-grid electrification, including identifying and scoping off-grid sites, helping the GRZ address the existing regulatory impediments, building the needed capacity at key institutions, and designing financial mechanisms. Finally, the third component is the capacity building and project implementation support. This component will finance technical assistance (TA) to the GRZ to ensure that the project reaches its objective of enhancing and improving the enabling environment needed for a substantially scaled-up electrification effort.
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Document Date
2017/06/06
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Document Type
Project Appraisal Document
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Report Number
PAD2303
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Disclosure Date
2017/06/29
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Board Meeting Date
2017-06-27T00:00:00Z
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Doc Name
Zambia - Electricity Service Access Project
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Keywords
rural area;access to modern energy service;access to electricity service;monitoring and evaluation expertise;economic and financial analysis;transmission and distribution network;Micro and Small Enterprises;Grievance Redress Service;purchasing power parity term;gender and climate change;per capita energy use;grid extension;solar system;quality of supply;high population density;generation capacity expansion;power purchase agreement;Solar Home System;rural electrification program;electricity access;electricity supply industry;form of sector;per capita income;capacity for implementation;risk category;rural electrification effort;tariff setting process;energy for all;rural electrification plan;dry cell battery;reduction of poverty;national household survey;customs clearance process;lack of finance;low population density;public sector agency;access to lighting;cost of supply;detailed technical assessment;credit information system;private sector financing;fixed monthly charge;Corporate Results Indicator;source of funding;provision of access;access to finance;basis for tariff;indoor air pollution;long-term climate change;government financial support;development partner funding;fast economic growth;value added tax;source of electricity;national electricity consumption;price of copper;exchange rate stability;financial mechanism;off-grid electrification;electricity sector;connection fee;rural population;mining industry;low-income household;regulatory impediment;financing mechanism;water level;fiscal deficit;solar market;regulatory environment;geospatial planning;
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Zambia - Electricity Service Access Project (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/556221498788150527/Zambia-Electricity-Service-Access-Project