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Nepal
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367-006
USAID MISSION: Nepal
PROGRAM TITLE: Hydropower Development (Pillar: Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Increased Private Sector Participation and Investment in Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Hydropower Development, 367-006
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $2,200,000 DA
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $2,447,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 2001 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2005Summary: USAID’s program for increased private-sector participation in hydropower development has four components—
- technical assistance and training to improve the policy, legal, and regulatory framework;
- technical assistance and training to build local capacity for environmental and social assessments;
- energy partnerships between Nepal and U.S. utilities and regulators; and
- technical assistance to local investors for the development of small hydropower projects.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID will provide technical assistance and training to improve the policy and regulatory environment to attract private sector investment in hydropower development. Activities include developing the capacity of the Government of Nepal’s (GON) regulatory body in the areas of procurement; legal policies and procedures; licensing and regulatory procedures; information technology; financial and tariff analysis; export promotion; and public outreach. To support environmental and social soundness of hydropower investment, USAID’s training and technical assistance will strengthen local capability to conduct social and environmental impact assessments, with increased public participation and involvement. Program funds also will be used to support four partnerships between Nepali and U.S. utilities and regulators. These partnerships and exchanges will provide an opportunity for GON decision makers and energy professionals to meet with their peers in the United States to share ideas and lessons learned and view first-hand the results of energy-sector reform and regulation. Technical assistance will be provided to domestic entrepreneurs for completion of feasibility studies and securing loans from local banks for the development of small hydropower projects.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID intends to continue technical assistance and training to the GON to assist its efforts to boost private sector investment in hydropower. Planned activities include the establishment of a public relations office at the Department of Electricity Development, the GON’s regulatory body, and training of journalists, the media and civil society in order to promote a greater flow of information on energy sector reform and benefit sharing. Another activity will be the development of procedures and training to bolster public awareness and participation in hydropower-development issues and to improve transparency of the distribution of revenue.
SUBMISSION OF THIS PROGRAM DATA SHEET CONSTITUTES FORMAL RENOTIFICATION OF USAID’S INTENT TO OBLIGATE FY 2002 RESOURCES FOR THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. Performance and Results: This program is continuing USAID’s support to the GON’s efforts to attract private sector investment in hydropower development. Continued progress in hydropower development to meet domestic demand and for export will help Nepal earn valuable foreign exchange and boost its economic development. It will also reduce the global warming threat by replacing polluting energy supplies elsewhere in the region with a clean, renewable, and environmentally-friendly energy source.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: USAID’s program activities are implemented by: International Resources Group (prime); Black and Veatch (sub); local contractors (sub); and the United States Energy Association (prime). USAID will enter into an agreement with a U.S. non-governmental organization for activities related to the development of small hydropower projects by local investors.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
367-006 Increased Private Sector Participation and Investment in Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Hydropower Development DA Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 0 Expenditures 0 Unliquidated 0 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 2,315 Expenditures 0 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 2,315 Expenditures 0 Unliquidated 2,315 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 2,200 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 2,200 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 2,447 Future Obligations 3,038 Est. Total Cost 10,000
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