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Center for Environment
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PROGRAM: Central Programs
TITLE AND NUMBER: Increased, environmentally sustainable energy production and use, 934-003; IR 3.1 Increased Energy Efficiency
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2001 OBLIGATIONS AND FUNDING SOURCE: $4,745,000 DA
PROPOSED FY 2002 OBLIGATIONS AND FUNDING SOURCE: $4,000,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1999; ESTIMATED COMPLETION: FY 2008Summary: Nothing is more central to the pursuit of economic growth than energy. Access to reliable and affordable energy services is a fundamental requirement for private-sector investment in economic activity. Efforts to maximize energy efficiency across sectors such as transportation, residences, municipal operations and industrial processes help lower operating costs and reduce pollution. Program beneficiaries include the urban and rural poor whose health and economic productivity are most at risk from the inefficient generation of energy; populations who benefit from decreased pollution; businesses of all sizes that benefit from an improved business environment; and workers who benefit from increased economic growth, job creation and improved industrial practices that result from increased energy efficiency. A global environmental benefit is accrued from a decrease in the rate of growth in net greenhouse gas emissions.
USAID energy efficiency activities contribute to U.S. foreign policy priorities by providing benefits to the nation's economy and security. USAID energy programs open new commercial opportunities for U.S. businesses by improving the business environment. The program foster's technology transfer activities that result in creating U.S. jobs while helping developing countries accelerate economic growth in a sustainable manner.
The purpose of this Global Center for Environment (the Center) program is to conserve energy in USAID-assisted countries through improved sector governance and increased efficiency of energy production and end-use. Key focus areas for the program are to improve the legal, regulatory and policy regimes that ensure a stable business environment in which energy is generated and used, and to strengthen the in-country non-governmental organization (NGO) capacity to implement energy efficiency projects. Work includes fostering the growth of local, private energy service companies and NGO energy efficiency centers. For example, in Ghana actions include the launching of an energy efficiency foundation, the first non-profit organization devoted to promoting energy efficiency in West Africa, while expanding market opportunities for the private sector.
Key Results: The Center's program promotes energy efficiency through the restructuring of energy policies, strengthening energy management institutions, and demonstrating new technologies. Activities target expanding energy markets for infrastructure and service delivery countries -- markets that are particularly well positioned to make use of environmentally sustainable technologies. These countries have an opportunity to benefit significantly from investments in advanced technologies as a means to pursue less carbon-intensive economic development and, therefore, leapfrog over the heavy polluting, carbon-rich industrialization phase of developed countries.
Performance and Prospects: Achievements in FY 2000 included the exchange of information about energy efficiency standards and labels programs among 15 Western Hemisphere countries, the development of Mexican energy-efficiency products and services by partnering Mexican and U.S. engineering and manufacturing firms, and the establishment of municipal energy management systems with two municipalities in Brazil. The program trained energy planners in demand side management and integrated resources planning in the Philippines, Mexico and Brazil. Energy efficiency policies were promoted with the program's assistance in Guatemala, India, the Philippines and Brazil.
In FY 2000, the Center achieved six policy results in Brazil, India, Ghana, and the Philippines, exceeding the indicator target. By FY 2003, the program expects to foster the adoption and implementation of 35 national and state policies that promote energy efficiency.
FY 2002 funds will be used to support the strategic realignment of energy efficiency activities to more effectively address the delivery of energy services to rural and urban populations. A thorough review of existing programs will lead to the continuation of some activities (e.g., improving the energy efficiency of municipal water delivery systems) and to the likely initiation of new activities (e.g., combining pollution prevention audits with energy efficiency analyses to reduce emissions and conserve energy).
Possible Adjustments to Plans: The enabling conditions required for the development of energy efficiency improvements have been established in a number of countries, and this should lead to satisfactory results in FY 2001. The Center will review Program targets in FY 2001 to realistically gauge program performance.
Other Donor Programs: USAID works closely with lending institutions (World Bank, International Finance Corporation, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, regional development banks, and private commercial banks) to improve access to long-term financing as well as with international organizations on technical assistance and information dissemination. The program works closely with the foundation community including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the W. Alton Jones Foundation to leverage investments for capacity building in the area of municipal demand side management (India), energy efficiency program development (Mexico), and strengthening local energy efficiency trade associations (Ghana). The program also provides technical assistance to the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank to improve access to long-term, small-scale financing for energy efficiency projects.
Principal Contractors, Grantees or Agencies: The Alliance to Save Energy, the International Institute of Energy Conservation, and the Inter-American Development Bank. In addition, the Center has agreements with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the US Department of Agriculture. The program also implements energy activities in conjunction with Nexant, Inc. and periodically contracts with Advanced Engineering Associates International, Institute of International Education, Academy for Educational Development and CORE International.
Selected Performance Measures:
Indicator FY97 (Actual) FY98 (Actual) FY99 (Actual) FY00 (Actual) FY01 (Plan) FY02 (Plan) Indicator 1: Number of energy efficiency policies adopted and implemented 5 4 2 7 NA NA Indicator 2: Number of host-country institutions adopting improved operating policies, practices, or technologies 27 21 25 33 NA NA Indicator 3: Number of cases where efficient technologies are demonstrated and replicated in key industries 5 5 5 20 NA NA Indicator Information
Indicator Level (S)or(IR) Unit of Measure Source Indicator Description Indicator 1: IR Number of policies Collaborators, contractors, and stakeholders Indicator tracks the full spectrum of national, state, and local policy reforms in which G/ENV assistance plays an instrumental role in advancing. Results to be monitored from policy reforms may include tax restructuring, reductions of fossil fuel subsidies, private power purchase agreements, passage, and enactment of energy codes and standards. Indicator 2: IR Number of electric utilities, government agencies, businesses Collaborators, contractors, and stakeholders As energy institutions shift from centrally planned to market economies, new tools for planning, analysis, regulation, and training are necessary to facilitate this transition. Indicator tracks each public or private institution receiving G/ENV assistance in strengthening its institutional capacity. Indicator 3: IR Number of cases Collaborators, contractors, and stakeholders This indicator tracks the number of cases in which an energy efficient technology is demonstrated in a key industry, and then replicated by partners. Key industries where technologies will be tracked include food processing, tanneries, lighting, and manufacturing.
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