Parliamentarians and Mainstreaming Energy Access

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Parliamentarians and Mainstreaming Energy Access

• Gregory Woodsworth
• Energy Policy Advisor
• United Nations Development Programme

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EAC energy access strategy

• 84 of households use biomass
• 3 rural, 32 urban connected to grid
• Bonn Conference, GFSE, E4D
• Ministers Move beyond Business as Usual
• Commitment to meet the MDGs
• MDG framework domestic fuels, electricity where
  cost effective, motive power
• Energy Access Electrification from national
  grid

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Architecture of the Energy System
coal oil natural gas sunlight wind
biomass
Coal mining, tree felling, oil/gas
recovery etc
Coal/gas fired power plant, photovoltaic panels
wind turbines, biogas digester


electricity
charcoal biofuels
LPG/propane
light bulb, automobile, refrigerator, gas stove,
arc welder, water pump
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Development of the Energy Access Strategy
August 2005
November 2006
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Energy Access Strategy Profile

• will provide improved energy access for about 50
  (48 million people) of the regions population.
• Energy access targets can be met with an approach
  that has high impact, low cost and is scaleable
  by 2015
• Development of priority MDG-based energy access
  investment programmes
• EAC - regional coordinating institution

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MDG-based Energy targets for 2015

• Target 1 Enable the use of modern fuels for 50
  of those who at present use traditional biomass
  for cooking - improved cookstoves, reduce indoor
  air pollution, increase sustainable biomass
  production.
• Target 2 Access to electricity for all urban and
  peri-urban poor.
• Target 3 Access to modern energy services such
  as lighting, refrigeration, information and
  communication technology, and water treatment and
  supply for all schools, clinics, hospitals and
  community centres.
• Target 4 Access to mechanical power within the
  community for all communities for heating and
  productive uses.

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Target Population Focus Access level 2004 Access level 2004 () Access objective 2015 Access level 2015 ()
Target 1 Modern fuels for cooking. Urban poor (M HHs) 3.0 47 4.30 73
Target 1 Modern fuels for cooking. Rural poor (M HHs) 1.5 11 7.70 56
Target 2 Access to reliable modern electricity services for all urban and peri-urban poor. Urban poor (M HHs) 2.0 43 4.1 100
Target 2 Access to reliable modern electricity services for all urban and peri-urban poor. Urban slums (M HHs) 0.5 30 1.9 100
Target 3 Modern energy for services for all schools, clinics, hospitals and community centers. Schools 1,847.6 4 41,048 100
Target 3 Modern energy for services for all schools, clinics, hospitals and community centers. Clinics 401.0 4 15,597 100
Target 3 Modern energy for services for all schools, clinics, hospitals and community centers. Hospitals 37.5 5 796 100
Target 4 Access to mechanical power for all communities for productive uses. Rural communities 954.5 4 24,120 100
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Overall Investment Plan
Sources of funds
Uses of funds
USM
290
290
Soft costs 510
3500
220
1020
3000
2660
Total 3170
Baseline subsidy 1050
2500
2000
1610
1500
1000
500
0
Capital Expenditure
Programs
Loan Guarantees
Conces-sional Finance
National Budget and Donor Grants
End User Willingness to Pay
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Mainstreaming Energy Access

• Investments will not happen without
  prioritization of energy access
• Mainstreaming energy access at present
• Political commitment approval by EAC Council of
  Ministers and Heads of State (top down)
• Technical response multi-sectoral working groups
  (bottom up)

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Working Hypothesis
Aligning political commitment, public policy and
public expenditure.

• Strategies that provide
• regional and national quantifiable and time-bound
  energy access targets,
• programme implementation frameworks,
• investment plans, and
• Backed by political commitment,
• present Parlimentarians the means to
  influence the policy framework (PRSP) and
  budgetary allocations (MTEF)
• Mechanisms
• finance/budget committees and
• sector committees
• Special cases Constituency Development Funds

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More Questions than Answers

• Role of parliament in influencing energy access
  policy framework and budgetary allocations?
• What can parliamentarians do with a regional
  strategy vs. energy access legislation?
• Relationship between regional and national
  assemblies?
• What are the most effective interventions?
• Awareness raising?
• Capacity building?
• Model legislation?
• Technical support?