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Ethiopia’s government to launch second NEP during East Africa conferences

The update will reflect on how the country plans to achieve universal energy access by 2025 using a sector-wide, on-grid and off-grid integrated approach. (Image source: Ian Muttoo/Flickr)

The co-located ‘Africa Energy Forum: Off the Grid’ and ‘Regional Energy Co-operation Summit’ meetings in Addis Ababa from 27-29 March will welcome the launch of the updated version of Ethiopia’s National Electrification Programme (NEP 2.0)

This is the first update of the NEP, first launched at the end of 2017 with a programmatic framework for achieving universal access by 2025 with goals and timetables, roles and responsibilities of sector institutions, and a sector-wide approach for coordinating activities and harmonising sector planning for electrification.

In the NEP 2.0, the government provides an update on the progress achieved over the past year and provides a detailed framework for the integration of off-grid technologies with grid connectivity, leveraging public and private sector efforts to achieve 35 per cent of off-grid access by 2025.

Scale-up of off-grid technologies entails both off-grid solar and mini-grids, and the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy (MoWIE) with the Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) have already launched 12 mini-grid pilots across the country with potential for scale-up.

MoWIE will be joined by Ethiopian sector leaders and international experts to discuss the future of the bold sector reform programme, including cost-reflective tariff implementation, further unbundling of generation and transmission, and improved performance of sector institutions. These measures aim to further attract private sector participation and investments in renewable energy.

Karmen Tornius, programme manager for the East Africa conferences in Addis, said, “This will be the first time the market has heard these announcements, so it’s an exciting time for Ethiopia’s energy sector. The country presents many unique investment opportunities with its rapidly growing economy and vast population. Coupled with a more open landscape for private investment, the potential is huge.”

Riccardo Puliti, senior director for Energy and Extractives at the World Bank, added, “Addressing Ethiopia’s access deficit is vital to achieving the sustainable development goal towards global universal electrification by 2030. The World Bank has been consistently supporting the government’s efforts towards integrating grid and off-grid electrification, strengthening the capacity of institutions, and broad-based sector reforms.”

Both meetings will feature a welcome address from Seleshi Bekele, minister of water, irrigation and energy, Ethiopia along with energy ministers and government officials from Djibouti, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya and international financiers, donor organisations, power developers.

Active participation of the energy sector institutions including the MoWIE, EEU (Ethiopian Electric Utility), EEP (Ethiopian Electric Power) and the EEA (Ethiopian Energy Authority) is core to the event.

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