Empower Consultants Ltd Community Based Community Based Development and Development and Productive Uses of Productive Uses of Power Power Empower Consultants Empower Consultants Limited Limited • Ann McLean Ann McLean [email protected][email protected]• Tony Woods Tony Woods [email protected][email protected]
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Empower Consultants Ltd
Community Based Community Based Development and Development and
Productive Uses of PowerProductive Uses of PowerEmpower Consultants LimitedEmpower Consultants Limited
• Small development consultancy, specialty community infrastructure and livelihoods
• Half engineers, half social scientists
• Development projects in China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and in 12 other Pacific and Asian countries.
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Content:Content:
• Experience
• Lessons learned
• Best practices
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Context: APEC Regional EnergyContext: APEC Regional Energy200 m. in the region lack access to commercial
energy. Between 1990 and 2020:• Population growth from 2.5 to 3 billion • Annual average economic growth rate predicted to
be 3.5%• Energy demand growth of 2.5% per annum• The low cost oil age is finite• The waste absorptive capacity of the planet is
already exceededClean energy is not an option, but an imperative
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Energy as an enabling inputEnergy as an enabling inputDirect:
• Industry
• Domestic use
• Commercial applications
Impacts are relatively easy to measure and value
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Power as an enabling inputPower as an enabling inputIndirect:• Environmental • Health • Education• Communications• Information and entertainment• Security
• Water pumping and household water supply is funded and under construction
• The community has applied for a VHF telephone and will set up a PCO
• Vehicle repair services will be enhanced when a trainee has completed a welding course
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Impacts of project-Impacts of project-community levelcommunity level
• Employment created for 3-4 people• Cost saving for whole valley population of 1500:
– Travel for medical treatment– Travel for vehicle repairs– Cost of high school education in Quetta– Cost of travel for NICs– Improved communications at low cost
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Summary of activities and annualised benefits of electrification(projections based on first five months’ operation in Durgai Village, Zardaloo Valley, Sibi District, Balochistan)b
Sector Activity Income and savings impacts* Net Value Rs
Social and environmental
Household savingsDisplaced kerosene
Cash savings of 50% for electric lighting compared with using kerosene lamps.Value to environment in GHG abatement (p.a.)
79,05036,250
Water IrrigationPiped and pumped supply to households
Increased labour availability and productivity estimated to add 5% to income of each of the 25 households of about 10 members each at average Rs 70,000Women’s labour at average one hour per household per day; 24 hours or three person days per day for the village
87,500109,500
Livestock Chicken raising as women’s entrepreneur-ship activity
Incubation programme only possible because of reliable 24 hour power supply; net income from 4 incubators, assuming 80% survival and 10 cycles p.a.
400,000
Health VaccinationsSafe water supply
Time/income lost in travel to Quetta or Harnai for 100 vaccinations per annum for patient or accompanying adult. Health impacts not included.Savings of about one third in expenditure on anti diarrheic medication, stated by households and dispenser to be Rs 1000-2000 per household per month. Health impacts not included.
35,000135,000
Education Upgrading of middle school to High School
Travel savings in not sending youth to Quetta for high school education, about 300 students in this age cohort in the Valley, 3 return trips annually.Educational benefits not included.
135,000
Industry Vehicle repairs Income from 100 welding and tyre repairs p.a.Travel savings @ 1 day’s lost work per repairTravel costs @ 1 return bus fare per repair
2,50010,00015,000
Communications Installation of VHF telephone PCO in Valley
Assumed savings of 100 day trips to Quetta per annum, bus fare and lost productivity
25,000
Annual value of the project
US$18,574
One-off :Administrative
NIC Registration Savings in travel costs and lost productivity for the 50% of the population over 18, assuming 33% are in the EAP range
US$ 6,807
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Lessons learned - whatLessons learned - what
• Power availability matters – 24/7• Power quality matters – reliable, 3-phase if
large productive loads are present or foreseeable, and use power meters!
• Equipment quality is paramount in remote areas
• Support is essential– Technical– Manangement
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Lessons learned - whatLessons learned - what
• Mature technologies are available
• Rural people need a lot of power
• They have surprising ability and willingness to pay for service
• Assisting them to integrate other sectoral programmes into electrification yields dividends – the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
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How?How?Aim:• Sustainable economic developmentRoadlocks:• Incoherent policy and regulatory frameworks• Cost• Access to finance• Unattractive investment climates• Weak technical and managerial capacity• Lack of practical support frameworks• Distance from sources of expertise• Governance issues
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Best Practice - howBest Practice - how• Policy and institutional strengthening• Demand-driven planning - needs and resources
assessments• Collaborative identification of sustainable natural
resource development• Maximise power use for economic, social and
environmental benefit• Programmes, not projects• Monitor outcomes rather than outputs
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Valuing benefitsValuing benefitsPROBLEM:
• Financial cost falls upon the producer
• Economic benefit and benefits of “externalities” accrues to society as a whole
• We demand most of the poorest and remotest
SOLUTION:
• Internalise externalities; trade carbon credits
• Provide service to remote communities as for urban communities
• Develop better metrics• Recognise the need for
long term consultation and support
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Management modelManagement model
Donor
Village E
Village D
Village C
Village B
Village A
Utility Service Provider
Central Government Agency Local Government Agency
Private Sector Service
Academia
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APEC at Policy LevelAPEC at Policy Level
There are not many new problems, so why do we keep making the same old mistakes?
APEC can:• Foster information and experience sharing
between member economy policy makers to de-politicise:– Policy and institutional frameworks– Investment and financing mechanisms
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APEC in Sustainable Village APEC in Sustainable Village Development can:Development can:
• Host workshops to bring together member economy actors in:– Programme design– Methodology and best practice– Emerging technologies - use the CPI!– Village installation operation and management– Impact monitoring and evaluation
• Implement integrated SVD programmes with emphasis on private sector development