Project assistance completion report (PACR) : energy planning, project no. 664-0326

The project was a success, its purpose achieved and all EOPS and outputs completed. Significant progress was made in institutionalizing capabilities in energy sector analysis, planning, and policy formulation through the GOT"s creation of the SME, and TA from the U.S. contractor, Resources Management Associates (RMA). The professionally staffed SME quickly developed into a well functioning organization making an important contribution to increased understanding of Tunisia"s energy supply and demand options. RMA assisted the SME and the GOT Directorate General of Energy in the development of energy supply/use baseline data, data analysis by sector, and energy audit capability. GOT progress in analytical skills development, analysis of energy use data, incipient policy formulation capability, and access to energy analysis methodologies and U.S. institutions in the energy sector was also significant. RMA"s TA effort comprised 46 short-term assignments totaling 28 person- months of effort. Specific accomplishments include the following: (1) energy audits of 6 Tunisian hotels, 4 GOT office buildings, 2 department stores, 1 school, 2 hospitals, 4 transport companies, 1 textile plant, 1 oil refinery, and 1 dairy plant; (2) a 10-day seminar on energy management in commercial and institutional buildings attended by 30 Tunisians representing 14 organizations; (3) preliminary designs of prototype solar water heating systems for 2 hotel buildings; (4) in collaboration with the national power utility, an energy consumption survey initiated in 3,000 households, with data used to develop energy supply and demand models; (5) development of transportation modeling methodologies, and U.S. training in this area for SME staff; and (6) an agricultural sector energy use study.