Rural Electrification Plan in Myanmar: Current Progress and Off-Grid Initiatives

National Electrification Plan Off-grid Rural Electrification in Myanmar Department of Rural Development Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation

Current Electrified Villages 14000 12000 10000 Nos of Viillage 8000 Total Village Electrified Villages Unelectrified Villages 6000 4000 2000 0

Off grid project Area (16-17) Sagaing Region Townships - 11 Villages - 91 Households - 7756 Shan State Townships - 25 Villages - 730 Households - 26606 Chin State Townships - 5 Villages - 274 Households - 11379 Rakhaing State Townships - 9 Villages - 350 Households - 30384 Kayin State Townships - 5 Villages - 110 Households - 7896 Remote areas located far beyond 11 miles from national grid and unlikely to receive electricity in next 10 targeted to pre-electrify. communities Ayeyarwady Region Townships 10 Villages - 363 Households - 136081 Tanintharyi Region Townships - 6 Villages - 164 Households - 16666 years are

Location of Project Site and Overall Quantities (2016-2017) Formed VEC Targeting Village - 2082 Targeting HH - 2082 - 136768

Community Organization and Mobilization Each village participating in the Off-Grid program must form a Village Electrification Committee,VEC DRD will develop guidelines for VEC formation. To organize at least 9 persons in the committee To involve at least 3 women in the committee To involve 50% of middle age persons To be a collaborator for the development of the village

VEC Explain the systems to villagers Count the number of each system type Collect down payments Fill out SHS Form, keep one copy for records Transfer the down payment to NEP account.

Off-grid Electrification for 2016-2017 Fiscal Year Electrification System Solar Home System Mini-Grid System ( Solar, Hydro, Bio-mass and Bio-gas System) Electrification Item (9 items) House-hold Electrification (small, medium ,Large) Rural Health Centre School (Primary, Middle, High) Religious Building Street Light

Number of Lots and Systems (2016-2017 FY) (A)Lot - 12 Lots Lot (1) Kayin Lot (2) Chin (a) Lot (3) Chin (b) Lot (4) Sagaing Lot (5) Tanintharyi Lot (6) Rakhine(a) Lot (7) Rakhine(b) Lot (8) Shan (East) Lot (9) Shan (North) (a) Lot (10) Shan (North) (b) Lot (11) Ayeyawaddy(a) Lot (12) Ayeyawaddy(b) 8

Number of Lots and Systems (2016-2017 FY)(Cont;) (B)System - 151166 Nos (30Wp, 45Wp, 60Wp) School (120Wp,375Wp,475Wp) SHS - 136768 Nos - 1564 Nos Health Center (180Wp) - 328 Nos Religious Building (120Wp) - 2096 Nos Street Light (70Wp) - 10410 Nos 9

List of Payment Collection for Community Contribution First Payment Second Payment State/ Region Town ships Total Villages No HHs Remarks Villages HHs Villages HHs Collecting 1 Kayin 5 110 7896 137 10870 - - 2 Chin 5 274 11379 153 5280 - - 3 Sagaing 11 91 7756 83 5491 - - 4 Thaninthary 6 164 16666 142 8743 - - 5 Rakhine 9 350 30384 73 4356 - - 6 Shan(East) 8 198 6058 141 4433 - - 7 Shan(North) 17 532 20548 259 9391 180 6438 8 Ayarwaddy 10 363 36081 316 20348 - - Total 71 2082 136768 1304 68912 180 6438 Note First Payment 1304 villages / 68912 HHs = 1221.213 Mil Kyats Until (16.5.2016) 10

Situation for Procurement Plan Hiring Period Sr. Subject Situation Remark 1st, June 1 Procurement Consultant Finished 12 month 1st, June 2 Project Implementation Advisors Finished 12 month 15th, Nov 3 PV Inspection & Verification Firm Evaluation 4 month 18th, May 4 PV Implementation Advisor Finished 12 month Mini-grid Implementation Advisor 5 Evaluation 12 month Aug Finished (May 12, 2016) Open the tender SHS 6 11

Trainings Sr. Type of Training Place Date No.of Trainee Remark 1 Training for Verification the Component of Solar Home System and Design Calculation Department of Rural Development (Head Quarter) 45 19.1.2016 22.1.2016 Union -35 S&D -10 Pro-Engineering 2 Training for Solar Mini- grid Installation and Verification Department of Rural Development (Head Quarter) 39 ADB (Technical Assistance) 4.2.2016 Union -23 S&D -16 3 Capacity Building for Biomass, Biogas Hydro Mini-grid Department of Rural Development (Head Quarter) 25 10.3.2016- 11.3.2016 ADB (Technical Assistance) Union -23 S&D - 2 4 Training for Basic & Advanced GIS Department of Rural Development (Head Quarter) 28 16.3.2016- 22.3.2016 Union - 24 S&D - 2 MOEE - 2 ADB (Technical Assistance)

Challenges and Barriers Lack of communities institutional capacity due to people contribution at the beginning of the project Most of the user don t want to pay the cost of system without seeing the product Poor access to finance by some user Lack of knowledge for the use of good qualified product , operation and maintenance of the system Lack the Rules and Regulations of Rural Electrification Law Equipment and capacity building for DRD staff for inspection and feasibility study process Participation of women in VEC Private sector participation in remote area Guidelines of the mini-grid system , operation and maintenance, collection of tariff (1% of household target in first year of NEP Project) Time is limited to complete target installation for 16-17 FY Feasible data for mini-grid and budget allotment for feasible study

Way Forward Develop the capacity building/training Implementing the target of the installation by (2016-2017) FY Geospatial electrification planning: update and new data collection. Prepare the project progress reports based on the project results monitoring framework Support preparation and implementation of Rural Electrification Law and related regulations Development of mini-grid/small-power producer regulatory framework including tariff-setting mechanism Appropriation of Propose Mini-grid Project from State and Region and Private Sector into NEP Project and Development Partner s Cooperation project. Support the Mini-grid pre-feasibility and feasibility Increasing the mini-grid project up to 10% of household at the end of phase 1 project Implementing the target of the Project Coordination with DRD, NGO, INGO, DP inline with NEP Project To implement the Project s Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Framework.

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