China - Lubuge Hydroelectric Project

Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No. 4334-CHA STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT CHINA LUBUGE HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT January 23, 1984 Projects Department East Asia and Pacific Regional Office This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization.  CHINA LUBUGE HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency - Yuan (Y) 1 Yuan (Y) = US$0.50 1 Yuan = .100 fen (As of December 1983) FISCAL YEAR (FY) January 1 to December 31 WEIGHTS AND MEASUEES cu m = Cubic meter (35.31 cubic feet) kWh = Kilowatt hour (= 860.42 kcals) GWh = Gigawatt hour (million kilowatt hours) kW = Kilowatt (1,000 watts) kV = Kilovolt (1,000 volts) kVA = kilovolt-ampere (1,000 volt-amperes) MW = Megawatt (1,000 kilowatts) km = Kilometer (0.62 miles) mu = 0.1647 acre = 0.0667 hectare (ha) PRINCIPAL ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS USED ADAB - Australian Development Assistance Bureau AGN - Advisory Group of Norway FCB - Fourteenth Construction Bureau GOC - Government of the People's Republic of China KHIDI - Kunming Hydroelectric Investigation and Design Institute LPCMB - Lubuge Project Construction Management Bureau MFERT - Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade MOF - Ministry of Finance MWREP - Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power PCBC - People's Construction Bank of China SBC - Special Board of Consultants SEC - State Economic Commission SMEC - Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporati.on SPC - State Planning Commission YPEPB - Yunnan Provincial Electric Power Bure!au  FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY CHINA LUBUGE HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT Table of Contents Page No. I. ENERGY SECTOR .1 A. Overview .................... 1 B. Resource Endowment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 C. Distribution of Energy Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 D. Sector Development Strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 E. Efficiency of Energy Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 II. POWER SECTOR... 6 A. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 B. Institutions .. 6 C. Regional Grids and Generating Capacity . . . . . . . . . 9 D. Transmission Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 E. Sector Development and Power Market. . . . . . . . . . . 10 F. Access to Electricity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 G. Tariffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 H. Manpower and Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 i. Planning and Investment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 J. Sector Policy and Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 K. Sector Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 L. Role of the Bank ..19 III. THE BENEFICIARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 A. Organization, Management and Legal Status. . . . . . . . 20 B. Staffing and Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 C. Accounting and Audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 D. Tariffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 E. Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 This report is based on the findings of an appraisal mission to China in October/November 1982. Mission members included K.C. Ling (mission leader), P. A. Cordukes and I. H. Cheng with the support of G. Kalauzi (Dam Specialist) and C. Ohri (Procurement Specialist). This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recilpients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization.  Page No. IV. THE POW