1. East Africa Community Regional Energy Access to Modern Energy Services

2. EAC Context Customs Union Monetary Union Political Union
Energy is priority in policy framework
Two elements of the regional strategy for Energy for Poverty Reduction
Scaling up of modern energy services
Regional electrification
Importance of the EAC to influence Partner State policy framework as evidenced by the Custom Union
Current oil shocks and drought in countries that rely on hydropower is exacerbating the energy crisis
Energy is therefore become one of the highest priorities in the region
Scaling up refers to the need to provide modern energy services to 50% of the population as opposed to the approximately 8-10% that are currently served
Therefore the need to compliment strategy for grid extension to urban centres and for rural electrification with an energy access strategy focused the needs of the poor to meet the MDGs

3. Energy targets for 2015
Target 1: Enable the use of modern fuels for 50% of those who at present use traditional biomass for cooking - improved cookstoves, reduce indoor air pollution, increase sustainable biomass production.
Target 2: Access to reliable modern energy services for all urban and peri-urban poor.
Target 3: Electricity at community level for services such as lighting, refrigeration, ITC, and water treatment and supply for all schools, clinics, hospitals and community centres.
Target 4: Access to mechanical power at community level for all communities for productive uses.
EAC has adopted four targets that will have the greatest impact in meeting the MDGs
As has been noted at CSD so far, the biomass issue is the most difficult and expensive to deal with but without properly addressing it the MDGs related to poverty reduction, health, and environmental sustainability will not be addressed
Providing access by the urban and peri-urban poor to the grid where it already exists is not an issue of technology or large scale investments but one of regulatory reform and governance. Models exist elsewhere (South Africa, Tunisia) which indicate that this is feasible
Electricity and motive power at the community level where the grid does not exist is a technical challenge for scaling up decentralized systems at relatively low cost. Few technical options exist beyond those that can serve niche markets but there are models that working in West Africa, notably the Multifunctional Platforms which will merit review in the East Africa context. There are already multifunctional pilot programs underway in all EAC countries associated with the Global Village Energy Partnership

5. Energy Access Strategy Profile
will provide improved energy access for about 50% (48 million people) of the region’s population.
Energy access targets can be met with an approach that has high impact, low cost and is scaleable by 2015
Development of priority MDG-based energy access investment programmes
EAC - regional coordinating institution
The strategy and the investment programmes are considered to be complimentary to other components of the energy strategy identified in the Master Power Plan in that the energy access strategy is clearly focused on meeting the MDGs
Energy interventions and investments in this strategy are designed to have a high impact, be low cost, and have business models and delivery mechanisms that will allow rapid scale up.
This framework is designed to choose the most cost-efficient and technically viable options, i.e. the “lowest hanging fruit”. The investments in these energy interventions are considered to be easily implementable first tranche investments that will be followed by additional investments in complimentary technical option
The EAC, as the coordinating institution, will provide regional services to Partner States that will provide added value to designing and implementing investments on a country by country basis. These include harmonization of national policies including mainstreaming energy access into PRSs, encouraging allocation of national budgets to both national and regional energy access activities, promoting and securing investment financing, sharing experiences and lessons learned, etc.

6. Regional Energy Scale up Regional Energy Scale up
GVEP
GVEP – –
National Activities
National Activities
Regional Energy Scale up
Regional Energy Scale up
Political Endorsement to develop
Regional Scale up Strategy
GVEP
Policy dialogue/
Kenya
Action Plan
UNDP CO
Demonstration/
MFP
UNDP
GVEP Funding
W. Africa Program
ECOWAS
Policy dialogue/
EAC
Action Plan
National GVEP
Support
Services
GVEP
Activities
Uganda
Demonstration/
MFP •
Mainstreaming into PRSP •
Cross Sectoral Assessments/ Agreements •
Implementation Framework to meet four targets •
Institutional Framework •
Donor alignment
GVEP
Policy dialogue/ •
Financing – Investment Programmes
Tnz
Action Plan
SIDA
Demonstration/
MFP
Regional Scale Up Strategy and
PEI
Implementation Framework
Policy dialogue/
Rwanda
Action Plan

7. EAC Commitment
Energy Ministers agreement to develop regional energy access strategy – August 2005
Council of Ministers and Heads of States endorsement – April 2006
Energy Ministers from Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda met in Entebbe in August 2005 and endorsed the draft Regional Energy Access Strategy (copies are available on one of the desks)
UNDP has supported the EAC to organize and host a series of regional consultative workshops and technical experts meetings. These have resulted in the endorsement by the EAC Council of Ministers and Heads of State of the strategic framework for regional energy access.

8. Process Finalization of Regional Strategy
Adoption by EAC Council of Ministers and Heads of State
November 2006
Development of investment programmes
Pilot phase
Implementation