Rwanda - Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project

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The objective of the Energy Access and Quality Improvement Project for Rwanda is to improve access to modern energy for households, enterprises, and public institutions and enhance the efficiency of electricity services in the Republic of Rwanda. The Project has four components. 1. Increasing Access to Grid Electricity component will provide continued support to Rwanda’s electricity access program, the Energy Access Rollout Program (EARP). The component provides financing toward grid connections of new consumers, including financing of grid extensions and consumer connections. 2. Enhancing the Efficiency of Electricity Service component has three subcomponents. 2a. Rehabilitation of Ntaruka Hydro Station subcomponent will finance the rehabilitation of the Ntaruka Hydropower Project (HPP) to restore the plant capacity to its installed capacity and upgrade the control systems and other electromechanical equipment. 2b. Investments to Improve Stability and Reliability of the Power System subcomponent will address the two most critical risks to interconnectivity identified, namely voltage fluctuations and transient stability. 2c. Improvements in the Operational Performance of Energy Utility Corporation Limited (EUCL) subcomponent will finance the continuation of the agenda of continued improvement of operational performance that previous and ongoing projects have supported. 3. Increasing Access to Off-Grid Electricity and Clean Cooking Solutions component has two subcomponents. 3a. Increasing Off-Grid Electricity Access subcomponent will provide financing g to make access to off-grid electricity affordable at all income levels and connect at least 150,000 households. 3b. Increasing Access to Clean Cooking Solution subcomponent will set up a clean cooking RBF window to subsidize purchases of clean and efficient cooking solutions by eligible households. 4. Technical Assistance, Institutional Capacity Building and Implementation Support component will support: (a) Technical Assistance, to address sector performance improvements and develop forward-looking options for sector development; (b) Capacity building, to ensure the sector continues to develop appropriate capacity for supervision of implementation of energy sector programs and efficient utilization of energy sector investments; (c) Implementation support – this subcomponent will directly support payment of supervision consultants to help Energy Development Corporation Limited (EDCL) in project oversight; (d) Recepient-executed Trust Fund (RETF) grant from the Clean Cooking Fund (CCF) for market development and Technical Assistance (TA) for the clean cooking sector (CCF); (e) Incremental operating costs of EDCL for providing verification and technical assistance for cooking sector.