POWER MAINTENANCE/RE

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The objectives of the Power System Maintenance and Rehabilitation Project are to: 1) assist the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) in carrying out much delayed maintenance and rehabilitation of selected generation, transmission and distribution facilities, so as to improve the supply of power in the near term and 2) help establish institutional strengthening of NEPA and provide the basis for a commercially viable entity, capable of delivering a reliable and economic supply of electricity to its customers. The report describes the four project components : 1) maintenance and rehabilitation component covering improvements in selected generation, transmission and distribution facilities, metering equipment, vehicles and assistance in the conversion of the Egbin plant to gas; 2) institutional strengthening of NEPA, 3) project management assistance and 4) studies and future project preparation assistance.