Access Project Sample Clauses

Access Project. The objective of the Access Project is to increase the supply of and demand for quality electricity in peri-urban and rural areas of Senegal. The key indicator for measuring this objective is the level of electricity consumption in the proposed areas of intervention. The cost-benefit analysis conducted to estimate the economic rate of return modeled increased land value of rural Senegalese without access to electricity as the key benefit stream. The Project addresses both supply and demand aspects in light of recent studies highlighting low adoption rates even among households in close proximity to the grid (▇▇▇ et al, 2016; ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al, 2017). The Supply-Side Activity includes the construction of MV distribution lines intended to electrify localities in five regions in the Center and South of Senegal (as further described in Annex I to this Compact). The four sub-activities under this Activity target regions of Senegal with low access to electricity, relatively high willingness to pay, and agricultural production activities that would benefit from gaining access to electricity. Building electricity infrastructure in regions with these characteristics is expected to increase the number of households, businesses, and social structures that connect to the grid and begin using electricity. The Consumer Demand Support Activity consists of three sub-activities focused on: enabling new connections, education campaign for electricity literacy, and market facilitation for electrical equipment and appliances. The first sub-activity aims to reduce the time to connect new customers by improving Senelec’s customer service, increasing the availability and management of equipment needed to connect new customers, and improving the capacity of electricians to do interior wiring for new customers. The second sub-Activity increases the understanding of targeted beneficiaries on the connection process, energy efficiency, and productive uses of electricity. Increased knowledge of the connection process is intended to increase the likelihood that prospective customers actually connect when the grid arrives. Customers who are educated on electricity use as it pertains to efficiency and productive uses are more likely to save money on their electricity bills and remain connected. Finally, the third sub- activity seeks to develop the market of electrical appliances to increase the ownership of those appliances, which is necessary for electricity adoption rates that are sufficie...