Reliable Energy Landscape Project. The objective of the Reliable Energy Landscape Project is to reduce the current gap between energy demand and supply, by lowering energy use through piloting household investments in energy efficiency, switching to cost-effective non-electricity sources of heating, and reducing barriers to IPP entrants to the market. The proposed Activities under this Project include:
Reliable Energy Landscape Project. The fact that demand for electricity significantly outstrips supply in Kosovo is the identified problem. Household electricity demand is mainly driven by household demand for outputs like lighting, heating, cooling, and cooking. Investments in energy efficiency are made to produce the same level of output from a reduced number of units of energy input. The Reliable Energy Landscape Project will address two root causes and barriers to investment: the general lack of consumer awareness of energy saving measures and their benefits, and for poor households, the lack of ability to pay for them. The proposed approach to address these root causes involves a mix of awareness raising, incentive piloting (to make investments affordable to the poor), regulatory support, and technical assistance/capacity building. The objective of the Reliable Energy Landscape Project is to reduce the current gap between energy demand and supply, by lowering energy use through piloting household investments in energy efficiency, switching to cost-effective non-electricity sources of heating, and reducing barriers to IPP entrants to the market. As a pilot, this Project also aims to create knowledge. As such, results beyond this objective in the logic are notional and not to be causally claimed by this Project. They are what is logically expected to happen if the pilot were to be scaled. The adoption of energy efficiency investments by consumers should reduce overall electricity demand in Kosovo, thereby reducing the stress on the grid (especially in winter, when demand is very high) leading to a reduction in outages and cost savings for businesses that currently must pay for expensive mitigation measures. Reducing overall demand will also decrease the total number of days each year that demand exceeds supply, when imports of relatively expensive electricity is required. This will reduce the overall cost of electricity, and would be reflected, compared to the counterfactual, in a lower tariff or taxes. Potential barriers to women’s activity in the labor market are a critical cross-cutting risk that might impact the ability to deliver benefits, in particular economic and employment opportunities in a largely male-dominated sector. The proposed approach to addressing this is through designing a set of incentives to boost women’s employment and entrepreneurship in the sector, directly tied to the economic opportunities that the project is likely to provide. The Project logic below also sho...
Reliable Energy Landscape Project. This Project may be evaluated through a combination of impact and performance evaluation methods. To meet MCC’s requirement of an independent evaluation, the independent evaluator cannot influence project design. While the PIE and District Heating Metering Activities are planned to include a formative evaluation, the independent evaluator will have to be a separate entity. However, both the formative and the independent evaluator can share data and MCC M&E staff will provide technical assistance to both aspects. The evaluation will include a process study, assessing the fidelity of implementation to the original design, and setting the stage for the assessment of results further down the logical chain. Performance evaluation methods may be used to assess results beyond the project objective, making use of quantitative data from the Kosovo energy sector as a whole. The questions that will guide the design of the evaluation may include: • Do households consume less electricity as a result of the Project? This links to the following indicators in Schedule A to Annex I: Household Electricity Consumption • Does a reduction in household electricity demand reduce the incidence of peak demand outstripping electricity supply, and subsequent power outages and import of power? This links to the following indicators in Schedule A to Annex I: Supply & Demand Gap, Load Factor, System Average Interruption Frequency Index, Imported Power. Evaluation: Transparent and Accountable Governance Project. This Project is expected to be evaluated through a performance evaluation, incorporating quantitative data where feasible. The evaluation will include a process study, assessing the fidelity of implementation to the original design, and setting the stage for the assessment of results further down the logical chain. The questions that will guide the design of the evaluation may include: • To what degree does the Government pay attention to or consume analyses done by non- government entities and whether that factors into any policy decision-making? This links to the following indicator in Schedule A to Annex I: Data-driven policy process (judicial & environmental) • Does the availability and of publically available data change the perception of Government function and performance within the judicial and environmental sectors? This links to the following indicators in Schedule A to Annex I: Public perception based on UNDP Pulse Survey (judicial & environmental), Public perception ...
