Scaling Up Access to Electricity : Emerging Best Practices for Mini-Grid Regulation
This brief will focus on enabling regulations for mini-grids, providing an overview of key issues, options, and good practices. While appropriate regulations are not all that is needed to spur mini-grid development, is usually one of the first obst...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25469309/scaling-up-access-electricity-emerging-best-practices-mini-grid-regulation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23137 |
| Summary: | This brief will focus on enabling
regulations for mini-grids, providing an overview of key
issues, options, and good practices. While appropriate
regulations are not all that is needed to spur mini-grid
development, is usually one of the first obstacles that
potential developers face and therefore the most urgent
issue for governments. The authors draw on a case study of
Tanzania, a pioneer in setting an enabling and light-handed
regulatory framework for mini-grids. Given the urgency of
leveraging private sector investments for reaching the
universal access targets of the international sustainable
energy for all projects, the authors also focus on
regulatory issues relevant to private sector entrepreneurs
and investors. Mini-grid entrepreneurs need to know that
their investment of time and money will have a reasonable
chance not just of being repaid but also of returning a
profit. A clear and credible regulatory framework that makes
and enforces fair and efficient decisions in a timely manner
helps entrepreneurs make informed investment decisions. The
key characteristics of such a framework, described include
licensing and registration, tariff setting, and what happens
when the main grid reaches the mini-grid. |
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