The guide highlights the ground-level regulatory and policy questions that must be answered by electricity regulators, rural energy agencies, and ministries to promote commercially sustainable investments by private operators and community organizations. Among the practical questions addressed is how to design and implement retail tariffs, quality of service standards, feed-in tariffs, and backup tariffs. The guide also analyzes the regulatory implementation issues triggered by donor grants and so-called top-up payments.

The report is the most comprehensive study on mini grids to date. It takes stock of the global mini grid market and industry; analyzes in detail the solar-hybrid mini grid costs and technological innovations; shows the importance of introducing income-generating machinery and micro-finance early in the planning process; and provides policy makers, investors and developers with insights on how mini grids can be scaled up.

The identifies lessons for each sector and cross-cutting lessons for both energy and water operations centered on promoting financial and operational discipline (regardless of private or public ownership), and institutional governance and accountability.

For more information about this sector, please visit Public–Private Partnerships in Energy and Power.

Tracking Number: Legislação Básica Do Setor Elétrico Brasileiro pdf_2010_Portugese

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General and for Retail and Wholesale Service (Form 200).  For more information about this sector, please visit Public–Private Partnerships in Energy and Power.

Tracking Number: Tanzania Form 200 Petroleum License_Undated_English

RFP for a project whereby the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority is seeking a maximum of 10 megawatts (MW) of electrical capacity, allocating approximately 5 MW to each of its two generation facilities serving the districts of St. Thomas-St. John and St. Croix. The selected respondents will be responsible for constructing, operating, and maintaining all facets of the project.

Intended to be a practical toolkit, the guidebook includes an annex that covers Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology and highlights aspects of the CSP project development process that differ from the equivalent. It also has annexes on construction, operation and maintenance contract terms.

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Asian Development Bank (ADB) September 2012

By Gunnar Köhlin Erin O. Sills Subhrendu K. Pattanayak Christopher Wilfong, Word Bank 2011

A joint publication by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and ENERGIA 2004

This toolkit outlines gender issues in energy projects, women’s energy needs, and lessons from project experiences and contains tips for addressing gender equality issues in project planning, sample project outlines, and annotated guides to further resources.

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