AEAI
Projects in CEE/NIS
Armenia
Russia
Turkey
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Armenia
USAID
ARMENIA ENERGY EFFICIENCY, DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT
AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM
OUR
GOAL
To
develop local companies to provide energy services
To
build pilot projects that demonstrate energy efficiency
and renewable energy in Armenia
WHAT
WE DO
Energy
efficiency/renewable energy pilot projects with the total
budget of 830 000 USD
We
build gas heating systems, solar hot systems and biogas
generators.
We
do weatherization, monitoring and controls.
Training:
project development, monitoring and evaluation, energy audit,
practical weatherization skills, Certified Energy Manager training
Outreach:
Energy curricula for school children and public service
announcements
BENEFITS
FOR ARMENIA
Economic
development through energy
Exploiting
renewable energy resources
Switching
from expensive electricity to gas
Saving
Lake Sevan and preventing tree cutting.
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New
gas line for heating in residential building in Gyumri. |
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New
boiler house at 33 Sayat-Nova Street: heat and hot water
for residents. |
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Biogas
digester in Agroservice farm: free fuel from waste. |
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2nd
grade school pupil prepared an energy poster and now
presents it to her classmates. |
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Russia
Coal Sector
Restructuring - The Government of the Russian Federation/World
Bank/US Agency for International Development/European Union
- this 5-year activity encompassed a variety of components
required for restructuring that including serious measures
for corporatization and privatization. The project commenced
with minimal donor funding and has resulted in leveraging
approximately $2 billion in donor and Russian Government
funding. AEAI staff led the program design for this activity
and implemented a number of actions including:
Subsidy
management
Management
and operations training
Pricing
and tax; trust management/valuing assets
Social
and economic impacts/development at regional and local
levels
Labor-government-management
relations.
Community
Development
As the
evolution of the new "internet economy" continues
to bring rapid change and new developments to the makeup
of the national and international economic infrastructure,
a number of critical issues must be addressed to assure both
the well-being of the public and the overall community economic
framework are being protected.
Important
steps can be taken that will enable communities to transition,
develop and retool in response to the demands of this new
economy and to mitigate the ever widening and well-publicized "information
gap" between different segments of society.
For any
Community Development Activity, Advanced Engineering Associates
International (AEAI) maintains in-house staff and also maintains
a reliable and available list of individual and corporate
resources that will bring a combination of Community Development
approaches that have worked in various communities worldwide.
For much
of the past decade, AEAI's core work has included support
to governments in the design of energy sector restructuring
strategies, social monitoring during restructuring, public
information at local, regional and national levels and targeted
employment and training programs to support affected communities
during restructuring. These activities have included:
Incubators
Business
training centers
Job
training/re-training
Computer
and basic job skills' training
Leadership
training
Finance
options information
The establishment
of incubators, credit unions and revolving loan funds.
Highlighted
Community Development activities include:
Russia
- Novokuznetsk Business Assistance and Incubator - Funded
initially by USAID and then supported by the World Bank and
TACIS, AEAI staff worked in this coal/steel city with the
city government, local community groups and NGOs and local
small and medium businesses as well as individuals. This
activity had three critical components:
1. Provision
of assistance in preparing business plan including financial/managerial
2.
Small lending and grant programs that, pursuant to perspective
recipients' presentation of business plans and committee review,
were available on a regular basis with 100% payback
3.
For up to 30 small businesses, "incubator" space
was available in a city-donated building from which tenants
paid electricity, telephone and general repair. Average tenant
remained 6-18 months before moving business out into separate
venue; estimated 60% success in carry on business.
Russia,
Nuclear Cities Program - AEAI staff is currently working
as part of the "Community Development Program" of
the US Department of Energy grant/lending activity to support
the growth of new business and job opportunities in closing
nuclear cities. We have assisted in the development of project
criteria and assistance in project plan development, followed
by evaluation of project viability and provision of financing.
We are working with counterparts to establish regular project
evaluation and monitoring capacity so as to institutionalize
process at local level. So far more than 30 projects have
received funding in these extremely difficult venues. One
of the activities being funded is a business incubator based
near St. Petersburg.
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Turkey
Turkish
Power Sector System Least-Cost Investment Program - Turkish
Ministry of Energy/World Bank - for this transmission sector
restructuring project, AEAI staff evaluated the power sector
system's least-cost investment program and advised in the
development of a new one based on World Bank assumptions,
demand forecast and investment parameters. AEAI conducted
LRMC calculations and analyses of the energy balances.
TEK Restructuring
Project - World Bank/OECF lending - this project required
examination of transmission and distribution investment components,
company restructuring, privatization of the management of
distribution companies and efficiency improvement through
Performance Agreement. AEAI staff worked in World Bank project
preparation that included: transmission system planning (selection
of an optimal voltage level and optimization of transmission
network), power system least cost investment, LRMC and tariffs.
We also conducted procurement activities: material and equipment;
consultant services; supply and erection; turnkey contracts
for substations. The project included least cost investment
program for Turkey.
Iskenderum
IPP Project - World Bank - AEAI staff conducted evaluation
of economic justification of the Iskenderum IPP Project for
the preparation of the Project Initial Documents. The project
is now in the World Bank power program.
Macedonia/Turkey
Energy
Sector Development - World Bank - AEAI is providing on-going
support to local authorities in form of in-country advisory
services, as well as through white papers, suggesting options
for long-term development and strategic planning. Visits
to the region to assess technical, financial and staffing
of local power entities and willingness to support interconnection.
This project includes collaborative efforts with local partners
and World Bank officials.
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Kosovo
KOSOVO DISTRIBUTION PRIVATIZATION ASSISTANCE PROJECT (KDPA)
Project Description
Kosovo Distribution Privatization Assistance project (KDPA) is
implemented by American People through US Agency for International
Development (USAID).
The overarching goal of this planned 2-year assistance program of advisory services is to assist Kosovo so as to ensure that transaction-specific commitments undertaken by the Government, energy sector regulator, and for market, technical and financial operations effectively support and contribute to realize the successful privatization of the recently unbundled distribution company, Korporata Energjetike e Kosoves (KEK) Network and Supply Company - hereafter KEK DistCo - and help to ensure Kosovo's development needs and interests.
Project Objectives
To achieve this high level goal, the Advisory Services have been divided into two broad task areas:
To provide assistance to the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) to strengthen clarify or develop as needed key regulatory or legislation-related documents so that energy regulatory transaction-specific commitments effectively support privatization of KEK DistCo while ensuring Kosovo's interests, including post-privatization implementation support to help ensure effective implementation of agreed arrangements for sustainable success.
To provide assistance to the Market and Transmission System Operator (KOSTT) and its Working Group(s) of relevant sector and market stakeholders to review and revise as needed proposed implementation arrangements related to market rules, grid and other technical codes, and related financial settlement mechanisms between and among market participants to support privatization of KEK DistCo and ensure effective post-privatization implementation.
It should be noted that the support to these two beneficiaries, ERO and KOSTT, is focused on facilitating a successful privatization transaction. Both of these organizations have benefited, and continue to benefit, from expert support provided by other donor organizations, notably the European Commission, with whom AEAI maintains close coordination.
This project aims to assure a successful transaction through three broad approaches:
through a detailed review the legal and regulatory framework established by ERO, and the technical and market arrangements established by KOSTT to ascertain whether these are clear, complete and consistent to support a private sector investor in Kosovo’s electricity distribution and retail sector; then
in the event that there are any gaps or inconsistencies, or if any clarification may be needed, through support to the relevant beneficiary organization to modify the documentation; and
during the process of the privatization transaction, through support to the two beneficiaries in understanding the role that they will be required to play in the process, and in responding to the Transaction Advisor’s requests for clarification or explanation.
Power sector privatization is a complex task and in carrying out its own discrete role, AEAI is working in close coordination with other organizations and consultancy teams working on the privatization, including:
Deloitte Consulting LLP, who are providing USAID funded support to the Ministry of Economy and Finance in the privatization of KEK division "distribution and supply", support to the Privatization Committee established by the Government of Kosovo and who are also establishing the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) which will implement the transaction;
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) which is part of the World Bank Group and which has been selected by MEF to run the transaction process and also will be appointing more consultants to carry out the legal, technical and financial due diligence; and
PA Government Services Inc. who are under another USAID funded project supporting KEK in readiness for the privatization process.
Address: “Musine Kokollari” street, No. 14, Prishtina 10 000, Kosovo
Telephone: +381 38 552 820
Email address: info@kdpa.info
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