USAID/Projet de Reforme du Secteure de L'Electricite for the Period January 1 - March 31, 2019

The project was designed to implement the national Law on Electricity No. 14/011, providing a blueprint for the Congolese power sector reform. Specifically, the Project was designed to guide the reform process and manage operationalization of the regulatory authority and the rural electrification agency, as well as, the development of the legal and regulatory framework necessary for their functioning. Some transaction support to energy projects was also planned. By September 2017, the PSR Project delivered to the GDRC all the statutory elements required for the actual operationalization of both institutions, as well as, drafted and got validated by stakeholders 25 decrees, ministerial / inter-ministerial orders, and different regulatory instruments. At the start of 2018, the PSR Project was refocused on implementation of specific power projects in selected provinces with any further reform activities to be continued only with respect to the needs of specific power projects supported in individual provinces. The project management team operates in Kinshasa on a full-time basis, consisting of one Key Personnel and one locally hired expert. The team draws short-term technical assistance from a pool of international experts mobilized worldwide on an intermittent basis according to project needs. The project's management structure is illustrated by the chart in Exhibit 1. During the reporting period, PSR STTA and Home Office staff performed three missions to the DRC from their respective countries of residence, as detailed in Exhibit 2. The project has made significant progress in advancing work on the projects related to provision of new connections. The Project Director and the Project Coordinator travelled to the eastern provinces of the DRC to advance work on the projects. The project has also provided technical assistance to SOCODI with the power project in Nyangezi. The project has submitted six reports to USAID, including the Quarterly Activity Report #10 and the Mission to DRC / Nyangezi. Throughout the reporting period, the PSR project continued providing USAID with updates on the project development and implementation issues through e-mail, telephone communications and meetings in person. The planning of the remaining to the end of the project performance period was agreed upon as follows: Quarterly Report #11 (the current document) due on Monday, April 15, 2019; Draft Final Report of Assignment due on Friday, May 31, 2019. In his letter dated March 14, 2019, the CO of the USAID mission in DRC extended the PSR Project’s performance period to June 30, 2019. The project has made significant progress in implementing the national Law on Electricity No. 14/011, providing a blueprint for the Congolese power sector reform. The project has delivered all the statutory elements required for the actual operationalization of both institutions, as well as, drafted and got validated by stakeholders 25 decrees, ministerial / inter-ministerial orders, and different regulatory instruments. The project has also provided technical assistance to SOCODI with the power project in Nyangezi and has advanced work on the projects related to provision of new connections. The project has submitted six reports to USAID, including the Quarterly Activity Report #10 and the Mission to DRC / Nyangezi. The project has continued providing USAID with updates on the project development and implementation issues through e-mail, telephone communications and meetings in person. The planning of the remaining to the end of the project performance period was agreed upon as follows: Quarterly Report #11 (the current document) due on Monday, April 15, 2019; Draft Final Report of Assignment due on Friday, May 31, 2019.