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EASTERN AFRICA POWER POOL

EASTERN AFRICA POWER POOL. EAPP 5 th Coordination Meeting Of African Regional Power Pools 6 th – 7 th May 2010 Harare, Zimbabwe. Contents. 1- Introduction 2- Major activities 3- Conclusion. 2. MAJOR ACTIVITIES. Major Activities.

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EASTERN AFRICA POWER POOL

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  1. EASTERN AFRICA POWER POOL EAPP 5th Coordination Meeting Of African Regional Power Pools 6th – 7th May 2010 Harare, Zimbabwe

  2. Contents 1- Introduction 2- Major activities 3- Conclusion

  3. 2.MAJOR ACTIVITIES

  4. Major Activities • Technical Assistance and Capacity Building (EC Financed) • Master Plan and Grid Code (NEPAD/IPPF managed by AfDB) • Bilateral and Transmission Wheeling Agreements – Negotiations and Adoption (Possible USAID/UNDESA financing. A follow up of Kigali / Kampala coordination Meetings) • Development of Coordination and Dispatch Centre Infrastructure and also the Independent Regulation framework (MFA Norway financing)

  5. Major activitiesEC Project European Commission Financing (2.7M Eur) Overall objective To strengthen the capability of the EAPP Permanent Secretariat to contribute in the improvement of the integration of the electricity markets of the region with a view to creating a regional electricity market.

  6. Major activitiesEC Project Project components • Preparation of the Eastern Africa Power Market Development • Preparation of a strategic plan and business plan • c. Power market rules and agreements for cross-border trade

  7. Major activitiesEC Project Project components: • d) Horizontal activities • A regional database on power systems • Twinning (coaching) arrangement with advanced power pools • ·Training • ·Study tour • ·Stakeholders meetings

  8. Major activitiesEC Project Regional Power Market Development • Analysis of the current power sector situation and Implementing database • Review of the existing studies about Eastern Africa Power Development. • Assessment of power market future development, based on available studies

  9. Major activitiesEC Project Preparation of a strategic plan and a business plan ·Analysis of the current context of activities in Eastern African Power Sector, including legal, regulatory and institutional aspects, the tariff policies and EAPP organization; ·setting up strategic objectives of the EAPP organization and a roadmap towards achieving the set objectives;

  10. Major activitiesEC Project ·Preparing the action plan, and means to monitor the performance of system operations and the orientations for the establishment of a Coordination Centre ·Preparing a 3-year business plan where actions are described in detail and financial needs and resources are identified and quantified.

  11. Major activitiesEC Project Power market rules and agreements for cross-border trade: Preparation - market rules (licensing, guidelines for tariff setting         - Standard power purchasing agreement  - Standard agreement on power balancing ·        -proposal for cost-based tariff-setting - proposal related the legal/regulatory framework ·        -Treaty related to regional electricity trade

  12. Major activitiesEC Project Several validation workshops have been held at different stages of study implementation Project is on schedule The project is scheduled to be completed by January 2012

  13. Major activities:AfDB Project NEPAD-IPPF/AfDB Financing ( 1.7 Mil US$) • Drafting EAPP regional power system master plan (Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Eastern DRC) • Drafting of electricity grid code for EAPP

  14. Major activitiesAfDB Project The project commenced with the Kick-Off meeting is on 5th October, 2009. Inception report approved by the Steering Committee on 9th Dec, 2009 The Interim Report to be submitted in June 2010, for the comments by the Stakeholders. Training of Staff to commence after the Interim Report Final report to be submitted early December, 2010 followed by a Stakeholders Validation Workshop

  15. Major activities other activities UNDESA - Twinning and Study Tours; Workshop on Agreements done USAID – Workshop on Power market Development on 1-5 February 2010 and on Renewables and efficiency in March 2010

  16. MFA Norway Project USD 2.2M • Facilitation of Institutional set up of the CC and the IRB • Recruitment and training of staff • Installation and operationalization of the data base • Installation and operationalization of the Communications Infrastructure • The Kick-off Meeting was on 2nd Dec, 2009

  17. MFA • Project Coordinator and the Project Staff (Power Planner, Power Economist, ICT Specialist, Legal officer) have been identified. • Project Staff to go for training for the operations of the Power Trade Coordination • Project to be completed December, 2011

  18. INTERCONNECTION PROJECTS • 220 KV Ethiopia – Djibouti: To be completed by December, 2010 • 220 KV Ethiopia – Sudan: To be completed June 2010 • 500 KVDC Ethiopia – Kenya: To be completed in 2013 • Ethiopia – Sudan – Egypt to be done in two stages. The Ministers are discussing Policy on the Financial Model to be used

  19. . • Burundi – DRC 110KV under NELSAP for 2013 • Rwanda – DRC 220 KV under NELSAP for 1013 • The Kick –off meeting for the physical implementation of NELSAP projects took place in Kampala last year

  20. IINTERCONNECTION PROJECTS • Kenya Tanzania: Update study for the Feasibility Studies started April, 2010. Now considering 400KV. Under NELSAP for 2013/14 • Kenya – Uganda 220KV under NELSAP for 2013/14 • Uganda – Rwanda 220KV under NELSAP for 2013/14 • Rwanda – Burundi 110KV under NELSAP for 2013

  21. Conclusion: End game Ready for power trade by 2013 Most Eastern Africa countries would have been connected by 2012 /2013 It is planned that the Policy, the Regulatory, Institutional and Legal Frameworks are planned to be in place before any 4 countries are interconnected The intensification of the power trade would follow an agreed Roadmap

  22. . • Thank You • Ahsante Sana!

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