Tanzania - Emergency Power Supply Project

Page 1 INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET CONCEPT STAGE Report No.: AC788 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: March 18, 2004 I. BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country: Tanzania Project ID: P074624 Project Name: Tanzania Emergency Power Supply Project Task Team Leader: Karen Rasmussen Estimated Appraisal Date: March 2004 Estimated Board Date: May 27, 2004 Managing Unit: AFTEG Lending Instrument: Emergency Recovery Assistance Sector: Power (100%) Theme: Safeguard Policies Specialists in the task team: Robert Robelus, Kristine Ivarsdotter Loan/Credit amount ($m.): IDA: About US$45 million Other financing amounts by source: (US$million) TANESCO GOT Private Sector Total Project Costs, excl. IDC 4.0 23.0 42.0 114.0 B. Project Objectives [from section 2 of PCN] The proposed project would assist the Government in implementing its emergency measures to avert a prolonged period of severe load-shedding which threatens to cripple economic activities, and hinder the delivery of social services. C. Project Description [from section 3 of PCN] The proposed Emergency Power Supply Project would provide quick disbursing support to finance fuel and energy purchases to maintain power supply at a level sufficient to prevent a severe contraction of the economy and in the provision of social services. The proposed project would provide funds to assist TANESCO and the Government to meet the incremental costs attributable to the 2003/04 drought. IDA financing is proposed to cover: (a) the incremental fuel costs of running the Ubungo Power Plant on JetA-1 fuel; (b) the incremental costs/kWh produced from the Tegeta Power Plant (100MW) on HFO; and (c) the cost of running the thermal generation (18x1MW) to be provided by the Geita mines if this is determined to be necessary. TANESCO is exploring support from the Government and other means to cover its emergency fuel requirements during March and April 2004. D. Project Location (if known) Page 2 [Guideline: If the location is not yet identified, please indicate if there are alternative locations under consideration or how the location is to be determined during project preparation] The sites impacted by the project, all of which are existing power generation plant facilities, include: (a) TANESCO