By allowing the private sector to invest in and manage the electric utility, the Department of Energy expects to increase the availability of affordable electricity to the domestic and industrial consumers of Acadia. Reliable access to electricity in turn will lead to increased opportunities for economic development, job creation, and poverty alleviation. 

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

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Terms of Reference (TORs) for the services of a consortium of experienced transaction advisors to assist the government to develop an independent power project (IPP) through the phases of the public-private partnership (PPP) project cycle, covering financial, technical and legal advisory aspects.

The purpose of this document is to invite the submission of proposals to provide legal and regulatory advisory services to the Project Steering Committee of the Lignite Power Technical Assistance Project (the Project Steering Committee).

The work to be undertaken by the advisors (the Consultant) will be to assist the Client in attracting private sector participation to: Develop the [Lignite Field]. The development project will focus both on (i) providing a reliable long-term fuel supply for the new power plant and the country's existing generators, and (ii) on meeting the country’s short-term coal supply financing needs through the monetization of the country’s lignite

Guidebook on Promoting Good Governance in Public-Private Partnerships

The purpose of this Guidebook is twofold:
1. To demonstrate how governments and the private sector can improve governance in
PPPs; and
2. To create a basis for the elaboration of training modules for PPPs.

Excerpt:

1. RESPONSE FORMAT
1.1 General Instructions
Volume II is the Response Package of the Request for Proposals (RFP) for Large Scale Power Projects. It contains the instructions for preparing the Technical Proposal and Financial Proposal, including the information Bidders are required to submit and the organisational structure and contents of the submissions. Prior to developing their proposals, Bidders are requested to carefully read the instructions in this Volume. 

Excerpt:

INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS
 

[The Procuring Entity] is pleased to present this opportunity to finance, design, procure, construct, commission, operate and maintain a [technology to be used] power plant with a capacity of [XX-XX] MW (the “Facility”) at [location], and enter into a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with [the Procuring Entity] for the whole of the capacity and electrical output of the Facility (the “Project”).
 

This paper outlines a number of practical initiatives to strengthen the role of development communication in infrastructure projects. The authors aim to facilitate better quality projects and to build consensus on the type of governance reforms needed to fight corruption, drawing on the experience of development agencies like the World Bank and Transparency International, the leading anticorruption NGO.