Power and People

Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee

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This report is an output of the technical assistance activity carried out over 2008-2010 to Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC), which is the nodal renewable energy agency of Nepal.
This study has been designed to establish a monitoring system for AEPC to continually measure the results of the renewable energy programs against the targets and to organize an evaluation system that measures the impact of micro-hydro installations on rural livelihoods.
Given AEPC's highly visible role, the need to develop a system that provides information on a wide range of technical, operational, and financial parameters is similarly high. This study developed a robust yet simple M and E framework for all the programs of AEPC that is focused on the needs of the decision-makers, as well as the interests of the relevant stakeholders. The integrated M and E system encompasses all of AEPC's programs in micro-hydro, solar, biomass, improved water mills, and biogas, and builds its capacity to execute it. The focus has been to develop performance indicators across the entire causal chain from project intervention to on-the-ground impacts. The M and E framework incorporates not only the activities undertaken and the outputs but also the impact on the beneficiaries which is critical to gain a better perspective of the impact of the interventions and to support future planning processes and decision-making. The final impacts of electrification on households and businesses are evaluated using a primary household and enterprise survey. A wide range of outcomes including quality of lighting, income generation, health, education, fertility, women's empowerment, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction are considered. AEPC is now equipped with not only the state-of-the-art monitoring system but also with a trained staff to sustainably manage and add to the system, as required.

Sujets

• Biomass
• Climate change
• Electricity
• Émission
• Energy consumption
• Energy
• Energy development
• Power
• Alternative energy
• Environment
• Rural development

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• Publié par: world-bank-publications
• Publié le: 29 juillet 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 35
• EAN13: 9780821387894
• Langue: English
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A WORLD BANK STUDY
Power and People
THE BENEFITS OF
RENEWABLE ENERGY IN NEPAL
Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee
Avjeet Singh
Hussain SamadWORLD BANK STUDY
Power and People:
The Benefi ts of Renewable
Energy in Nepal
Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee
Avjeet Singh
Hussain SamadCopyright © 2011
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DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8779-5
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Power and people: the benefi ts of renewable energy in Nepal / Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee, Avjeet Singh,
Hussain Samad.
p. cm.
“June 2010.”
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-8213-8779-5 -- ISBN 978-0-8213-8789-4 (electronic)
1. Rural electrifi cation--Nepal. 2. Renewable energy--Nepal. 3. Rural development--Nepal. I. Banerjee,
Sudeshna Ghosh, 1973- II. Singh, Avjeet. III. Samad, Hussain A., 1963-
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4Contents
Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................................... vii
Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................................xi
Executive Summary ............................................................................................................... xiii
1. A Long Road to Expanding Rural Access ...................................................................... 1
What is the policy framework and institutional structure for rural energy? ............. 3
What are the program areas of AEPC? ............................................................................. 5
2. Objectives and Methodology of a Monitoring Framework Design for
Renewable Energy .............................................................................................................. 9
Why is monitoring important for AEPC? 10
How was the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework developed? ............... 11
What are the a ributes of the monitoring and evaluation framework? .................... 11
3. Coverage and A ributes of Micro-Hydro for Households and Enterprises ......... 15
What is the pa ern of rural households’ energy use?.................................................. 15 ern of rural households’ energy consumption? ................................ 19
How much do rural households spend on energy? ..................................................... 20
What is the volume of rural households’ MH use? ...................................................... 22
What is the level of quality of service among MH households? ................................ 25
What are the factors determining MH connectivity? ................................................... 27
What is the MH connectivity among rural enterprises? .............................................. 28
How much is the MH and non-MH enterprise energy consumption? ..................... 29
How do MH enterprises cope with power outages? .................................................... 32
4. Benefi ts of Electrifi cation to Rural Households ......................................................... 35
How do the households benefi t from MH connectivity? ............................................ 35
Consumer surplus ............................................................................................................. 36
Econometric estimates ...................................................................................................... 39
Economic outcomes ........................................................................................................... 40
Educational outcomes ....................................................................................................... 41
Health outcomes ................................................................................................................43
Women’s fertility outcomes ............................................................................................. 45
Women’s empowerment outcomes ................................................................................ 46
MH and climate change .................................................................................................... 48
Net benefi ts from MH electrifi cation ..............................................................................49
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5. Implementation of the Management Information System (MIS) ........................... 51
Why does AEPC need an enhanced MIS?...................................................................... 59
What are the objectives of the MIS? ................................................................................ 59
What are the a ributes of the MIS? 60
How will the reporting on indicators be presented? ................................................... 67
What are the institutional roles and responsibilities for the MIS? ............................. 70
What are the risks and essential requirements? ............................................................ 73
6. Action Plan and Way Forward for AEPC...................................................................... 75
What are the vision and mission of the AEPC? 75
What are the targets facing AEPC? ................................................................................. 77
What are the actions AEPC can pursue to achieve its goals? ...................................... 80
Action Item 1: Prioritize the development of renewable technologies ................. 80
Action Item 2: Conduct preparatory work for AEPC for grid-connected
renewable energy promotion .............................................................................. 82
Action Item 3: Formulate an enabling policy for investment in renewable
energy ..................................................................................................................... 83
Action Item 4: Focus on manpower planning and organizational structure ....... 86
Action Item 5: Expand the sources of funds ............................................................. 90
Action Item 6: Have AEPC act as a concessional fi nancier ....................................93
References .................................................................................................................................. 96
Annexes ...................................................................................................................................... 98
1. Overview of existing M&E programs in AEPC ........................................................ 98
2. Roles and responsibilities of AEPC programs 104
3. Sample description for household and enterprise survey ..................................... 110
4. Propensity score matching technique ....................................................................... 112
Boxes
Box 4.1: Indicators of women’s empowerment.....................................................................46
Box 6.1: The core strategies of AEPC .....................................................................................80
Figures
Figure 1: Number of households beneᤙ