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Colenco Power Engineering Ltd - Report of Activities 2005 Kyrgyzstan: Electrical Distribution Loss Reduction Project - Consultancy Assistance (April 2006) The consultancy consist in supporting the 4 electrical distribution companies (Discos) covering all the country in implementing a pilot project for the installation of solid state meters with wireless readout and subsequent billing systems. The project was initiated by enormous, unacceptable technical and commercial losses in the distribution networks leaving strong traces in the financial books. Mainly former Soviet Union countries face this problem, where customers are forced to pay now market prices for energy, being much higher than the earlier regulated ones. The exception is electrical energy: the industry is still state controlled, thus tariffs are generally on the previous, very low level, inducing consumers to use this energy type whenever possible. Networks are obsolete and requiring rehabilitation, simultaneously with urgently needed extension and reinforcement works. Hence, permanent network overload, causing abnormal technical losses, is the rule. Further, billing and payment discipline is far from common standards, thus adding commercial losses beyond acceptable levels.
The objective of the present project is reducing commercial losses which shall be achieved with decreasing meter tampering by customers and exposing staff to bribes, by means of applying modern metering and billing system technology. All in all, 140’000 customers will be furnished with new meters, and 4 billing systems will be installed, all in regional capital cities across the country. Presently the procurement phase is ending, and installation will start early next year. The two basic project components are the replacement of mechanical by tamper proof solid state meters including an infrared meter readout unit, and a computerized billing system. Hence, human meddling will be reduced to a minimum. The meter installation with connection to the feeder line will be done in a visible way thus avoiding hidden hook-ups. The meter itself is installed in a sealed enclosure. The billing system comprises billing and collection features, management of arrears and penalties, customer relationship, customer account management, tariff management, generation of reports. The project is co-financed by the World Bank, the KfW Entwicklungsbank (Government of Germany), and by seco (Swiss Government). Project Organization The Client set up a "Common Project Implementation Unit" (CPIU) representing the four Discos. It carries out project management functions, procurement, monitoring, coordination, reporting and disbursement for all four Discos. Colenco provides consulting assistance to the CPIU with a Senior Consultant in support for project activities primarily in international and domestic procurement (evaluating bids, preparing evaluation reports and recommendation for award of contract), contract administration, project management, project supervision and performance monitoring, reporting and training. He further analyses the progress of the Discos in reducing losses. The assignment will last up to 2007. Peter Rutz - Electrical Networks Progress of Works for the Largest Hydropower Plant in Southeast Asia (January 2006) An important milestone for the Son La Hydropower Project in North Vietnam was achieved with the closure of the Black River (Song Da) in December 2005. The preparatory works for the 140 m high gravity dam consisting of about 3,5 Mio. m3 of Roller-Compacted-Concrete (RCC) and the powerhouse for 6 x 400 MW units can further proceed. Apart from the hydropower production, the project will mainly serve for the flood control for the Capital Hanoi. Colenco Power Engineering Ltd, as the Subconsultant to the Vietnamese Engineer Power Engineering Consultancy Company 1 (PECC1) of Hanoi, is responsible for the design of the RCC dam. The special aspects of the RCC technology are solved by Colenco in co-operation with Malcolm Dunstan & Associates from Great Britain. The RCC works for the gravity dam are planned to start end of 2006, the Vietnamese Client Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) schedules the power production of the first generator unit for 2010.
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