Power Planning Associates Ltd, Energy & Management Consultants
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Rural Energy

PPA has extensive experience on studies involving rural energy systems. This experience includes generation (both thermal and renewable), transmission and distribution.

PPA is aware of the poverty alleviation impacts of providing electricity supplies to low-income households, where a key consideration is the affordability of those supplies. In a number of countries, PPA has developed lifeline tariff recommendations.

The institutional arrangements for rural power systems are also a key consideration, and PPA has assisted in the development and implementation of suitable institutional frameworks.

Recent rural energy studies undertaken include:

Ethiopia Rural Electrification Fund
Assistance to the Ethiopian Electricity Agency (EEA) in preparing a detailed design of the institutional structure for rural electrification
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Guyana Unserved Areas Electrification Programme Study
Development of a systematic and comprehensive approach to evaluating the technical, economic-financial, socio-economic, and institutional aspects of the sub-projects to be included in an electrification programme covering 40,000 low-income households.
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Zimbabwe Power Reform Project (Power IV)
Economic evaluation and justification of transmission and distribution investments.
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East Timor UNOPS Technical Review Mission on the Power Sector
Conducted reviews of policy issues, regulations, standards and strategic plans that are either currently in place or proposed for the power sector.
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Tanzania Mnazi Bay Gas-to-Electricity Project
PPA was commissioned by a private power developer to assess the current and future electricity demand in the South Eastern area of Tanzania.
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Philippines Investment Management Contracts for Electricity Cooperatives Technical analysis of electricity cooperatives and preparation of performance indicators to establish screening methodologies as part of the development of investment management contracts in the Philippines.
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Uganda Transaction Adviser, Kakira Bagasse-Fired Cogeneration Project
Transaction Adviser aiming to develop a power purchase agreement for the export of surplus electricity that is agreeable to both Kakira Sugar and UETC.
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Uganda Transaction Adviser, West Nile Distribution Concession PPA, in association with ECON, was appointed as Transaction Adviser for the West Nile Electricity Service (WNES) Concession.
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Zimbabwe
Review of ZESA’s power development programme, including consideration of the least cost plan for generation, transmission and distribution.
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Ethiopia Electricity Tariff Study
A key element of PPA's role in this study was to conduct a household energy survey of connected and unconnected households in various parts of the country.
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For more information about PPA’s services relating to rural energy, please contact Don Webster

 

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