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Environment
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934-003; IR 3.1CENTRAL OPERATING UNIT: Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade: Environment (EGAT/ENV)
PROGRAM TITLE: Energy Production - Increased Efficiency
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Increased Environmentally Sustainable Energy Production and Use, 934-003; IR 3.1 Increased Energy Efficiency
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $ 3,600,000 DA
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $ 3,000,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1999 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2008Summary: The program’s major components include:
adopting and implementing policies and regulatory frameworks that promote the delivery of reliable, efficient and affordable energy services at the national, state and local levels; strengthening the institutional capacity of energy service providers to adopt best management practices and to finance investments in clean energy technologies; and promoting public awareness of and advocacy for the provision of clean, reliable and affordable energy services for all. Inputs, Outputs and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID will support several successful ongoing activities that promote energy efficiency and environmental management systems in cities and industry. At the national level, technical assistance and training will help standardize and label energy-efficient appliances and lighting in countries where demand for such consumer products is soaring. The establishment of such labeling provides consumers with options to reduce energy consumption and lower utility bills. A second national-level activity will be a toolkit to address transportation and air quality in urban areas. As vehicle ownership increases worldwide, air pollution ranks as a priority health issue. Activity inputs such as workshops, training materials and study tours will introduce host-country counterparts to the economic and environmental benefits of energy-efficient appliances and transportation systems. At the local level, a user’s manual will help municipal water utilities adopt management practices and technologies to improve the delivery of potable water. Funds will also be spent at the local level to provide household electricity connections to 700 families living in slums in Ahmedabad, India. This pilot activity provides value added to an existing initiative to redevelop the city’s nearly 200 slum communities. The city is providing improved drainage, potable water, sanitation and street lighting. USAID, in partnership with the municipal electricity-company, World Vision and community-based organizations, will support the introduction of energy services. Once fully serviced, homeowners will be eligible to obtain legal tenure to their property.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID plans to use FY 2003 resources requested in this Budget Justification to expand the activities described above for broader application and replication worldwide. The office also plans to expand a new pilot slum electrification activity in India to other countries such as South Africa, Mexico and Brazil, and develop and launch a multi-media advocacy campaign to promote the concepts of energy efficiency and environmental management systems. The intent is to raise the profile and, ultimately, the development impacts that energy efficiency and environmental management systems can play in supporting the Agency’s development goals for economic growth, poverty alleviation, global health, good governance and humanitarian assistance.
Performance and Results: This program helped local governments in Mexico, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Brazil and South Africa to save energy and money, and improve the delivery of municipal services. In collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the program stimulated countries in southern Africa and Asia to implement programs to phase lead out of gasoline. In Panama, the program successfully assisted the newly established Environmental Authority to develop a policy that promotes investments in cleaner production technologies for industry. Under the Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards activity, 10 countries are engaged creating national label standards for energy efficiency. Ghana, in particular, established standards for air conditioners and is now pursuing standards for refrigeration. In Ecuador, the program worked with selected industries to save $5.16 million annually through the implementation of pollution-prevention and energy-efficiency practices and investments in cleaner production technologies.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: Partners are the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Cooperators include the Alliance to Save Energy, the International Institute of Energy Conservation, and the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives. The program runs energy efficiency and environmental management actions through contracts with PA Government Services, Nexant, the Institute of International Education, the Academy for Educational Development, CORE International, and Advanced Engineering Associates International.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
934-0031 Increased energy efficiency DA Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 11,117 Expenditures 6,009 Unliquidated 5,108 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 2,239 Expenditures 2,078 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 13,356 Expenditures 8,087 Unliquidated 5,269 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 1,920 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 3,600 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 5,520 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 3,000 Future Obligations 38,708 Est. Total Cost 60,584
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