Energy Sector Support and Investment Project

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The development objective of the Energy Sector Support and Investment Project for Togo is to improve the operational performance of the power sector and increase access to electricity in the capital city, Lomé. The project has three components. First component, power distribution improvement and expansion will finance the priority rehabilitation and reinforcement of the medium voltage (MV) and low voltage (LV) systems in Lomé, and the expansion of the network with new connections. The component is composed of three sub components, which are founded on the results of the EU‐funded prefeasibility study mentioned above, as well as a Lomé MV network modeling exercise which identified the requirements for grid strengthening by 2020.The component is divided in three sub components: (i) rehabilitation of MV and LV Systems in Lomé, (ii) reinforcement of the Lomé MV Network; and (iii) network extension and new connections. Second component, power sector reform are focused around four main areas (i) reform of the Compagnie Energie Electrique du Togo (CEET) and its relationship with the Government of Togo (GoT) with the preparation and implementation of a Management Improvement Plan (MIP) as well as a review and reinforcement of the existing Revenue Protection Program targeting large customers and government electricity bill payment; (ii) planning, with the preparation of a master plan for generation, transmission, and distribution, and the strengthening of the planning capacities of the Ministère des Mines et de l’Energie (MME) and CEET; (iii) preparation of a sector financial model and viability assessment; and (iv) a review of the sector legal and regulatory framework; (v) preparation of a diagnostic study of CEB and the implementation of reforms identified; and (vi) review of the performance contract with CEET. Third component, project management and capacity building will finance project supervision and implementation management activities, including operational expenses, vehicles, offices equipment, and project supervision and project management capacity building. This component has three sub components, (i) engineering consulting will support the implementation agency in the activities included under first component through the recruitment of an owner’s engineer to assist the implementation agency in technical issues and in the procurement process; (ii) implementation management activities will support various operating costs of the project management team (e.g., office equipment, project software, a project vehicle) and the external project audits; and (iii) capacity building activities will include staff training related to utility management and/or project implementation (e.g., procurement, financial management (FM), monitoring and evaluation (M&E), software systems).