Haiti - Second Power Project

Docurment of The World Bank ! i FOR OFFICIUL USE ONLY Report No. 2296a-HA STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT HAITI SECOND POWER PROJECT March 29, 1979 Projects Department Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office This document bas a restricted distribution snd 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 Equivalents (January 1979) Currency = Gourde (G) GI = 100 centimes (c) G5 = US$1 G1,000 = US$200 G1,000,000 (MG1) = US$200,000 MUS$ US$1,000,000 Can$1,000 = US$850 DMI,000 US$1,900 Weights and Measures 1 meter (m) = 3.281 feet (ft) 1 cubic meter (m3) = 35.32 cubic feet (ft3) = 264.2 gallon. (gal) = 6.290 barrels (bbl) 1 kg = 2.206 pounds (lb) 1 ton (t; metric; 1,000 kg) 1,100 short tons (sh.ton) 1 kilowatt (kW) - 1,000 watts .i03 W) 1 megawatt (MW) = 1,000 kW (lObW) 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) 1,000 watt-hours (103Wh) 1 kilovolt (kV) = 1,000 volts (103V) 1 kilovolt.ampere (kVA) 1,000 volt. amperes (103VA) 1 megavolt.ampere (MVA) 1,000 kVA (106VA) 1 kilocalorie = 3.968 British thermal units (Btu) 1 hertz (Hz) = 1 cycle/second ... per ... . ... per second; ... per hour =s;... /h ...per day; ... per year ... . d. ... /a million cubic meters per year Mm3 /a Glossary of Abbreviations EEC = Member States of the European Economic Community CIDA Canadian International Development Agency EdH Electricite d' Haiti KfW Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (Federal Republic of Germany) ONA Office Nationale d'Assurance SOFRELEC = Societe Francaise d'Etude et de Realisation d'Equipements Electriques UNDP United Nations Development Programs Fiscal Year October 1 - September 30  FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY HAITI ELECTRITE D' HAITI SECOND POWER PROJECT Table of Contents Page No. 1. THE SECTOR .. ................... ............................ 1 Indigenous sources of energy ...... .................... 1 Sector organization and regulation ................. ... 2 IDA participation in the sector .... ................... 2 The need for standardization of specifications 4 Power market ... .. .... . . ........ 4 Captive plants ........ ............................... . 5 Electrification of provincial towns and rural areas ... 6 Sector investment program ..... ........................ 6 Tariffs and rates ..... ..... . .................. 7 2. THE BENEFICIARY ...... ..... ........ ...................... 7 Institutional framework . . ..... ..... ................ 7 Organization and management .......................... 8 Accounting, information, systems and audit ............. 9 Attachment 2/1 Organization Chart: ............... * ................. l 3. THE POWER MARKET ........................................... 12 Historical data and existing power facilities ... ...... 12 Forecasts ...................................................... .... 14 Attachments 3/1 Historical power t r ata pt... 17 3/2 Distribution of energy consumption in Port-au-Prince ................. ................. 18 3/3 Generating facilities ...... ...................... 19 3/4 Energy balances . ..................... * . . . . . . . . 20 3/5 Capacity balances ...................... 22 This report is based on the findings of an appraisal mission which visited Haiti during June 1978. The mission comprised Messrs. W.F. K