Regional: Development of Pacific Power Utilities Reform Network
The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will support the development of a network to help state-owned power utilities achieve a greater understanding of utility corporate reforms in Pacific developing member countries (DMCs). As the Asian Development Bank (ADB) continues to support clean and renewable energy in Pacific DMCs, the TA will create and share regional knowledge and enhance the performance reporting and disclosure frameworks of state-owned utilities. The TA will pilot regional benchmarking and key performance indicator (KPI) dashboards, supporting power utilities' corporate transformation roadmaps in Pacific DMCs, with a view of replication in other energy sector state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in other ADB DMCs.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Abbasov, Rafayil
Pacific Department
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Sector
- Public sector management
| Project Name | Development of Pacific Power Utilities Reform Network | ||||
| Project Number | 56020-001 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Regional Cook Islands Fiji Micronesia, Federated States of Kiribati Nauru Niue Palau Papua New Guinea Marshall Islands Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector |
Energy / Energy sector development and institutional reform Public sector management / Reforms of state owned enterprises |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | No gender elements | ||||
| Description | The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will support the development of a network to help state-owned power utilities achieve a greater understanding of utility corporate reforms in Pacific developing member countries (DMCs). As the Asian Development Bank (ADB) continues to support clean and renewable energy in Pacific DMCs, the TA will create and share regional knowledge and enhance the performance reporting and disclosure frameworks of state-owned utilities. The TA will pilot regional benchmarking and key performance indicator (KPI) dashboards, supporting power utilities' corporate transformation roadmaps in Pacific DMCs, with a view of replication in other energy sector state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in other ADB DMCs. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | ADB has been supporting the Pacific DMCs in the following areas: (i) diagnostic and policy reform advisory; (ii) capacity building and institution strengthening; and (iii) regional policy dialogue. The TA will build on the outcomes of ADB's Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility and other regional activities that have been supporting energy sector and SOE reforms. Further, it will complement assistance program under ADB's administered Private Sector Development Initiative. The TA will also draw on lessons from other regional departments of ADB and sector and thematic groups. In addition, collaboration and coordination on power utilities reforms will be sought with other development partners. Lastly, given the importance of improving access to knowledge and information to increase the capacities of Pacific DMCs on power utilities reforms, a plan will be prepared to disseminate all knowledge products completed under the TA to a wider audience. | ||||
| Impact | Pacific power utilities reform plans enhanced (Pacific Power Association Strategic Plan (20182023) |
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| Description of Outcome | Governance and institutional capacity of state-owned power utilities strengthened |
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| Description of Project Outputs | Integrated SOE knowledge platform enhanced Regional capacity building, knowledge sharing, and SOE reform policy dialogue enhanced |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | |
| Geographical Location | Cook Islands - Nation-wide; Fiji - Nation-wide; Kiribati - Nation-wide; Marshall Islands - Nation-wide; Micronesia, Federated States of - Nation-wide; Nauru - Nation-wide; Niue - Nation-wide; Palau - Nation-wide; Papua New Guinea - Nation-wide; Samoa - Nation-wide; Solomon Islands - Nation-wide; Tonga - Nation-wide; Tuvalu - Nation-wide; Vanuatu - Nation-wide |
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| Involuntary Resettlement | |
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| Responsible ADB Officer | Abbasov, Rafayil |
| Responsible ADB Department | Pacific Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | PAEN |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 01 Aug 2022 |
| Fact Finding | 26 Jan 2022 to 26 Jan 2022 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 13 Dec 2022 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 20 Dec 2022 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 13 Dec 2022 | - | 13 Dec 2022 | 31 Jan 2027 | - | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 900,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 900,000.00 | 05 Jan 2023 | 0.00 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Development of Pacific Power Utilities Reform Network: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Dec 2022 |
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