Timor-Leste: Electricity System Strengthening and Sustainability Program
The proposed investment program will finance investments in Electricidade de Timor-Leste (EDTL) Timor-Leste's state-run electric utility) to improve electricity service reliability, expand access to modern energy services, and improve performance of EDTL's management, maintenance, and revenue-collection systems throughout Timor-Leste. Achievement of these objectives will substantially reduce the fiscal drain of the power sector on Timor-Leste's budget. Investments will be financed consistent with a sector development strategy and investment roadmap, to be prepared as a key output of project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA).
Project Details
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Project Officer
Trainor, James Michael
Pacific Department
Request for information -
Country
Timor-Leste -
Modality
- Technical Assistance
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Sector
- Energy
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| Project Name | Electricity System Strengthening and Sustainability Program | ||||
| Project Number | 49177-001 | ||||
| Country | Timor-Leste |
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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 Knowledge solutions Partnerships Private sector 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 proposed investment program will finance investments in Electricidade de Timor-Leste (EDTL) Timor-Leste's state-run electric utility) to improve electricity service reliability, expand access to modern energy services, and improve performance of EDTL's management, maintenance, and revenue-collection systems throughout Timor-Leste. Achievement of these objectives will substantially reduce the fiscal drain of the power sector on Timor-Leste's budget. Investments will be financed consistent with a sector development strategy and investment roadmap, to be prepared as a key output of project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA). | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The principal weaknesses in the power sector are the high cost of generation, inefficient distribution, low level of revenue generation, ongoing need for substantial fiscal subsidies, and excessive technical and non-technical network losses. These problems are, to some extent, the result of other weaknesses in the institutional, legal and regulatory environment, namely the absence of proper commercial practices within EDTL and poor implementation of the legal and regulatory frameworks for the sector. | ||||
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| Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
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| Consulting Services | TA Consulting firm has been mobilized last March 2017. The consultant has finalized the reports and recommendations which will be presented to the government of Timor-Leste sometime in January 2019. |
| Procurement | No procurement activity under this TA. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Trainor, James Michael |
| Responsible ADB Department | Pacific Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | PAEN |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Public Works Mercado Lama, Caicoli Dili, Timor-Leste |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 29 Jan 2016 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 27 Sep 2018 |
TA 9075-TIM
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 29 Jan 2016 | 21 Apr 2016 | 21 Apr 2016 | 31 Aug 2016 | 31 Mar 2019 | - |
| 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 | 29 Sep 2021 | 997,675.00 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Programa Sustentabilidade no Haforsa Sistema Eletrisidade : Folha de Dadus Projetu | Translated PDS | Sep 2016 |
| Electricity System Strengthening and Sustainability Program: Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Jan 2016 |
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Tenders
No tenders for this project were found.
Contracts Awarded
| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Address | Executing Agency | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
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| Project Preparatory | Technical Assistance 9075 | 16 Mar 2017 | Tetra Tech ES, Inc. (United States) in Association with Castlerock Consulting Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) | 4601 N Fairfax Drive Suite 601 Arlington Va 22203, Usa | Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications | 999,988.00 | — |
Procurement Plan
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