Bolivia - Fourth Power Project

Report No. 981b-BO Appraisal of Fourth Power Project Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A. (ENDE) Bolivia FILE COPY March 14, 1976 Power and Telecommunications Division Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Document of the World Bank 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.  CURRENCY EUIVALENTS Currency Unit * Bolivian Peso ($b) $b 1 - 100 Bolivian Centavos (tb) $b 1 US$0.05 $b 1,000,000 = US$50,0 US$1 = $b 20 us mill 1 2 Ob UNITS AND XEASURES kW Kilowatt NW - megawatt - 1,000 kW kWh - kilowatt hour aWh - gigawatt hour - 1,000,000 kWh kV - kilovolt kVA kilo volt-ampere XVA - mogavolt-ampere m meter = 3.28 ft km kilometer - 0.621 mi - 2 ^ square kilometer = 0.386 9q mi = 5 cubic meter - 35.3 cu ft FISCAL YEAR Fiscal Year Ends December 31 ACRON7XS AND ABBREVIATIONS CBF - Corporacion Boliviana de Fomento DINE - Direccion Nacional de Electricidad ENDE - Empresa Naecional de Electricidad BPC - Bolivian Power Company CRE - Cooperativa Rural de Electrificacion ELFEC - Ecpresa de Luz y Fuerza de Coehabamba ELFEO - Empresa de Luz y Fuerza de Oruro SEPSA - Servicios Electricos Potosi ANEIBC - Asoeiacion Nacional de Empresas Distribuidoras de Energia Electrica CESSA - Cooperativa Electrica Sucre S.A. SETAR - Servicios Electricos de Tarija CONIBOL - Corporacion Minera de Bolivia YPFB - Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Boliviana UEAID - United States Agency for International Development IDB - Interamerican Development Bank C.I. Power - Canadian International Power Company MONENCO - Montreal Engineering Co. Ltd.  APPRAISA OF FOURTH POR PROJECT FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY EMPRESA NACIONAL DE ELECTRICIDAAD S.A. (ENDE) BOLIVIA TAB,LE OF CONTENTS Page No. SUMMA A1J CONCLUSIONS i 1. INTRODUCT ION 1 2. THE POWER SECTOR 3 Energy Resources 3 The Sector 3 Future Develonts 4 Rural Electrification 5 Regulation 6 Tariffs 6 3. TO EXPANSION P