Electricity Supply Accountability and Reliability Improvement Project

The objective of the Electricity Supply Accountability and Reliability Improvement Project for Kyrgyz Republic is to improve the reliability of electricity supply in the project area and strengthen the governance of Severelectro’s operations. There are three components to the project, the first component being distribution infrastructure strengthening. This component will help improve power supply reliability and reduce losses in the distribution network by supporting priority investments to strengthen the distribution infrastructure of SE. The targeted assets are part of a comprehensive investment plan prepared during the project preparation, and are selected based on their potential for reducing losses and improving power supply reliability. The second component is the customer service and corporate management system improvement. This component will provide SE with information tools to improve quality of services provided to its customers (power supply and commercial matters), and to enhance overall efficiency of its performance in all business areas. Finally, the third component is the institutional strengthening and project implementation support. This component will support two key activities for the smooth implementation of the project and sustainability of project outcomes: (i) implementation support for project management, including monitoring and evaluation and incremental operating expenses of the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) under SE; and (ii) technical assistance to SE to improve its business processes, strengthen its governance and make the company more customer focused.