Sector Reform and Utility Commercialization Support Project

Agency for International Development (USAID). The project aimed to promote utility commercialization and equitable, effective reforms in developing countries' electricity systems, enhancing their financial viability and long-term sustainability. This, in turn, would enable expansion and growth, as well as establish the necessary preconditions for clean energy investments. Greenhouse gas emission reductions are often a co-benefit of this type of reform. For instance, interventions leading to improvements in non-technical losses frequently correspond to avoided GHG emissions. Accounting for GHG emissions reductions is critical for the evaluation of USAID programs, particularly those concerning climate change. The Department of State and USAID use several indicators to quantify the results of foreign assistance, including "Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, estimated in metric tons of CO2e, reduced, sequestered, and/or avoided as a result of USG assistance." The Global Climate Change Clean Energy Emission Reduction (CLEER) Protocol was developed by ICF International to measure GHG emission reductions resulting from clean energy activities. Deloitte drafted a new module of the CLEER tool in 2015, which calculates emission reductions associated with interventions that achieve non-technical loss reduction, such as the provision of pre-payment meters, customer regularization, and energy efficiency. However, the draft tool employs existing primary research to establish a per capita regularization effect, as there is very little research available on the subject. The objective of this scope of work is to strengthen the foundation of Deloitte's draft CLEER module by sourcing new data related to non-technical loss interventions and associated energy consumption drops on a per capita basis. The consultant team will reach out to utility executives and other points of contact at least five electricity utilities to gather primary data on the impact of non-technical loss reduction projects on electricity consumption. The data should meet specific criteria, including identifying the specific components of the loss reduction project, noting whether the targeted customers were previously regularized or received legal electricity service for the first time, and indicating the expected life of the intervention. The consultant team will compile the required information and share it with the GHG modeling specialist, who will fold the new data into a revised module. Once completed and approved by USAID, Deloitte will share and discuss the revised CLEER module with ICF and respond to any questions or concerns they may have prior to their finalization and inclusion in the CLEER tool. The deliverables will include a 2-3 page summary of new data identified by the consultant's research, a revised CLEER module in Excel format, and a response to any questions from ICF on the model. The consultancy will be completed in approximately 15 business days following client approval of the scope of work, with a total projected Level of Effort of 7 days.