The TA is expected to lead to an ADB financed project that will (i) encourage economic activity by providing wider access to lower cost, reliable electricity supplies to the national capital and economically important provincial towns; and (ii) provide the first link for international power trade between Cambodia and Viet Nam. All existing generation is powered by diesel engines using imported fuel, and, in spite of reasonably efficient operation by Electricite du Cambodge (EDC), electricity prices to all consumers are the highest in the region. The scope of the TA is to prepare a project with the following components: (i) rehabilitation/expansion of the generating/distribution facilities in about 5 provincial towns.
| Project Name | Power Distribution and Greater Mekong Subregion Transmission Project (formerly Provincial Power & Transmission Project) | ||||
| Project Number | 34390-012 | ||||
| Country | Cambodia |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Energy / Electricity transmission and distribution |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | No gender elements | ||||
| Description | The TA is expected to lead to an ADB financed project that will (i) encourage economic activity by providing wider access to lower cost, reliable electricity supplies to the national capital and economically important provincial towns; and (ii) provide the first link for international power trade between Cambodia and Viet Nam. All existing generation is powered by diesel engines using imported fuel, and, in spite of reasonably efficient operation by Electricite du Cambodge (EDC), electricity prices to all consumers are the highest in the region. The scope of the TA is to prepare a project with the following components: (i) rehabilitation/expansion of the generating/distribution facilities in about 5 provincial towns. This will include medium and low voltage networks; (ii) construction of a 220 kV transmission line from the Vietnamese border to Phnom Penh with distribution substations at Takeo and west Phnom Penh; (iii) provide access to an electricity supply to households along the transmission line route; (iv) build capacity in EDC, the Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy (MIME) and the Regulator (EAC); and (v) draft Terms of Reference for consultants who will be engaged under the loan, to prepare bid documents to develop small hydropower projects. | ||||
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| Environment | B |
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| Consulting Services | The TA will be undertaken by an international consulting firm and require about 23 person-months of international consultants and about 5 person-months of domestic consultants. |
| Procurement | Equipment to be financed under the TA will be procured in accordance to ADB's Guidelines for Procurement. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Luo, Tianhua |
| Responsible ADB Department | Southeast Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Infrastructure Division, SERD |
| Executing Agencies |
Electricite Du Cambodge Mr. Tan Kim Vinn, Managing Director St 19 Watt Phnom, Daun Penh District Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
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| Concept Clearance | 09 Mar 2000 |
| Fact Finding | 18 Oct 2002 to 28 Oct 2002 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 10 Jan 2003 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 01 Jul 2009 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 10 Jan 2003 | 04 Mar 2003 | 04 Mar 2003 | 31 Jan 2004 | 31 Dec 2007 | - |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 730,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 730,000.00 | 10 Jan 2003 | 714,232.26 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Preparing the Power Distribution and Greater Mekong Subregion Transmission Project | Technical Assistance Reports | Jan 2003 |
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