Papua New Guinea : Implementation of the Electricity Industry Policy
The proposed technical assistance (TA) will assist the Government of Papua New Guinea in implementing its Electricity Industry Policy (EIP) by supporting the preparation of the national electrification roll-out plan (EROP), establishing implementation capacity within the Energy Division of the Department of Petroleum and Energy (DPE), and assisting in identifying and implementing initial pilot projects.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Maxwell, Anthony
Pacific Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Papua New Guinea -
Modality
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Sector
- Energy
Project Name | Implementation of the Electricity Industry Policy | ||||
Project Number | 46012-001 | ||||
Country / Economy | Papua New Guinea |
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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 Private sector development |
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Sector / Subsector | Energy / Energy sector development and institutional reform |
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Description | The proposed technical assistance (TA) will assist the Government of Papua New Guinea in implementing its Electricity Industry Policy (EIP) by supporting the preparation of the national electrification roll-out plan (EROP), establishing implementation capacity within the Energy Division of the Department of Petroleum and Energy (DPE), and assisting in identifying and implementing initial pilot projects. | ||||
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The government requested support for the project through inclusion of the project in the Papua New Guinea (PNG) country partnership strategy, 2011-2015 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The TA is in line with the PNG country partnership strategy, 2011-2015, which prioritizes energy as a key area of support; and the PNG Development Strategic Plan, 2010-2030 priority of extending electricity access and improving power supply. The TA directly supports implementation of key components of the EIP. Effective implementation of the EIP will support ADB's ongoing energy sector lending and grant program to PNG, consisting of the Town Electrification Investment Program, and the proposed Port Moresby Grid Development Project. | ||||
Impact | Improved quality and increased access to electricity services |
Project Outcome | |
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Description of Outcome | DPE implements the Electrification Roll-out Plan (EROP) |
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Implementation Progress | |
Description of Project Outputs | 1. DPE prepares National Electrification Roll-out Plan (EROP) 2. DPE has capacity to implement the EROP 3. DPE identifies and prepares the first pilot projects |
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | |
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Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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Involuntary Resettlement | |
Indigenous Peoples | |
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
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During Project Implementation |
Business Opportunities | |
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Consulting Services | The TA will finance consulting services, equipment, and office furnishings to support DPE implementation of the outputs. A total of 21 person-months of international consultants and 12 person-months of national consultants will be required, to be hired through a consulting firm. The following expertise will be required: a governance specialist, a power infrastructure specialist (international and national), a procurement specialist, and a private sector specialist. Consultants will be engaged by ADB in accordance with its Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2010, as amended from time to time) through quality- and cost-based selection (qualitycost ratio of 90:10) using simplified technical proposal. Consultants may also be recruited through individual consultant selection (considered justified due to difficulties in finding consulting companies with the broad technical spread of required specialists on staff, and the limited pool of consultants with required technical and country expertise). A project steering committee will oversee implementation. The committee will meet at least quarterly and will be chaired by the DPE. |
Procurement | Equipment under the TA will be procured following ADB's Procurement Guidelines (2010, as amended from time to time). Training and workshops will be implemented with the assistance of consultants. The proceeds of the TA will be disbursed in line with ADB's Technical Assistance Disbursement Handbook (2010, as amended from time to time). The equipment procured under the TA will be turned over to the executing agency upon TA completion. |
Responsible ADB Officer | Maxwell, Anthony |
Responsible ADB Department | Pacific Department |
Responsible ADB Division | Transport, Energy and Natural Resources Division, PARD |
Executing Agencies |
Energy Division of the Department of Petroleum and Energy |
Timetable | |
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Concept Clearance | 13 Nov 2012 |
Fact Finding | 03 Sep 2012 to 14 Sep 2012 |
MRM | - |
Approval | 10 Dec 2012 |
Last Review Mission | - |
Last PDS Update | 30 Sep 2016 |
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Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
10 Dec 2012 | 11 Jan 2013 | 11 Jan 2013 | 24 Dec 2015 | 30 Jun 2016 | 21 Dec 2016 |
Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 826,597.42 |
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Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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Implementation of the Electricity Industry Policy: Technical Assistance Completion Report | Completion Reports | Sep 2017 |
Implementation of the Electricity Industry Policy | Technical Assistance Reports | Dec 2012 |
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