THE INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMISSION FOR ENERGY (ICE)

COORDINATION MEETING

MEETING MINUTES Sunday, 8 February 2015 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, MAIN CONFERENCE HALL

Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) Malik Asghar Square, Ministry of Economy Kabul, Afghanistan

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A. Summary of the Meeting: The eleventh Inter-ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) Monthly Coordination meeting (the first ICE meeting in 2015) was held on 8 February 2015. The meeting was chaired by His Excellency (H. E.) Hukum Khan Habibi, Acting Minister, Ministry of Economy (MoEc).The meeting started after a recitation from the Holy Quran. The following agenda items were discussed: 1. Update on Electricity Law, CASA-1000 and Baghdara Feasibility Study - by MEW and DABS: The Electricity law has been approved by the Ministry of Justice and has been sent to the cabinet council for approval. The joint team of MEW and Ministry of Justice has also presented the Electricity Law to the second vice president of Afghanistan. MEW hopes that the cabinet council will approve the Electricity Law in the upcoming months; the Law subsequently will be sent for the parliament’s endorsement. The feasibility study of the Baghdara Hydro Power Plant (HPP) will be completed by June 2015. The study will be then discussed in a technical workshop. The MEW representative remarked that Baghdara is one of the important projects for MEW. Further, the preliminary results of the feasibility study revealed that the power plant capacity can be 225 MW (rather than the previously perceived 210 MW). A complete report of the feasibility study will be presented to the government by May 2015. DABS’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) remarked that the meeting on CASA-1000 was positive. Latest updates on the commercial side include: •

The master agreement is finalized in this meeting and is ready for signatures by March 2015.

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There will be four Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) that would need to be signed, the PPA between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the PPA between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, the PPA between Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan, and a bilateral PPA between Pakistan and the power sellers.

DABS’s CCO also noted that: •

Afghanistan peak load is during the winter. CASA-1000 provides power in summer, as might parallel lines coming from Tajikistan (carrying 350 to 400 MW in summer). Turkmenistan lines may also provide 300 MW by 2018.

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As a result, there is the possibility that Afghanistan might not utilize CASA1000 power in the near term.

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DABS has started discussions with other countries in this regard. DABS has started the discussion to reach an agreement that during first years Afghanistan will only take 100 MW and the rest 200 MW and possibly other surplus in summer will be sold to Pakistan as per the agreed commercial terms.

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2. AEIC, Turkmenistan Interconnection and Load Shedding in Kabul - by DABS: •

AEIC: The AEIC website was originally funded by USAID in 2005 as part of Afghan Energy Assistance Program (AEAP), and there had been some minor problems in the transfer of the website from MEW to DABS. DABS has decided to restructure the entire website under one domain where all data on the energy sector can be found. Currently DABS is working to complete its Customer Information System (CIS); those systems will be completed within six months. The AEIC website is currently inactive and the World Bank and USAID have allocated funds to reactivate the AEIC website and conduct a capacity building program for AEIC staff.

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Kabul Load Shedding: The DABS CCO explained why load-shedding happens in Kabul and what steps are being taken. (Kabul?) electricity demand in winter season is around 500 MW while available power from domestic and imported sources is only around 400 MW.

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Turkmenistan Interconnection: Currently, negotiation for 300 MW is ongoing with the Turkmen government, and phase two will be 500 MW. The line initially will be operated at 220 kV. The OHL interconnection project is comprised of two portions: 500 kV portion (Aqina to Sheberghan) and 220 kV portion (Sheberghan to Mazar e Sharif). The line will supply power from Turkmenistan to Andkhoy and Sheberghan new substations and Mazar e Sharif while operated at 220 kV. The award of contract is expected in the second quarter of 2015.

3. Electricity Grid Planning for MoD and MoI: The representative of the Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A) presented a request for Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) facilities to be connected to the grid and be included in the Afghanistan Power Sector Master Plan (PSMP). The major ANSF organizations are the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) and the Afghanistan National Police (ANP). The representative also explained the ANSF current energy situation, their power initiatives, and projected future connections. The ANSF has 352,000 personnel operating in over 500 major subordinate organizations. The ANSF budget for electrical power is $327 million annually. Currently ANSF spends approximately $0.53/kWh on electricity, while DABS power at commercial rates can be made available at $0.22/kWh. ANSF would like to become an ‘anchor client’ for DABS. DABS’ CCO response was that the ability to provide power was constrained by its own supply, and that ANSF could not be offered power if there was a shortage. Further, DABS has zero tolerance for non-payment; “no pay no power.” The Ministry of Interior Affairs is not paying their bills on time. MEW would like ANSF and CSTC-A to also consider alternate solutions such as renewable energy for off-grid loads, for which the private sector could also play a role. Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) Malik Asghar Square, Ministry of Economy Kabul, Afghanistan

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MEW has sent a letter to MoD and MoI proposing this concept. ANSF will require 5 MW during the 1st year 8 -10 MW the second year, and 10 - 20 MW the third year. The Advisor for the Ministry of Defense (MoD) thanked DABS and remarked that the MoD is making sure to pay its bills on time. MoD Advisor also thanked CSTC-A for their efforts to connect ANSF to the national grid. The MoD Advisor also remarked that the issue of connecting facilities to the grid had been raised with MEW and DABS three years ago (when the expense for diesel for electricity was discussed during MoD budget preparation). MoD is also facing a lack of the technical expertise in the ANA required to operate mini-power plants, Although MoD has appointed a good number of people to operate these generators, operational issues will be reduced by direct connection to the grid. Furthermore MoD will likely not have a future budget as large as $370 million to pay annually for the power. Interconnection with the national grid is therefore a priority for MoD. 4. Updates on Charikar Substation - MEW/ Power Grid India: At the request of the GoIRA, the Government of India set up two additional substations (220/20 kV) at Charikar and Doshi (on the Pul-e-Khumri to Kabul/ Chimtala line), along with Loop In Loop Out (LILO) connections. This would supplement the transmission system comprising of a 220 KV Double Circuit Line from Pul -e- Khumri to Chimtala (Kabul) of 202 Km, a 220/110/20 KV sub-station at Chimtala, and the extension of bay works at the east of Kabul, which were completed in 2008-2009.All the switchyard tower foundation/LM in Charikar Substation are completed in both 220 kV and 20 switchyard, all switchyard equipment’s foundation completed and transformer foundations for both 220 kV and 20 are 80% completed. Eng. Rahmat mentioned that the work is awarded to M/S KEC and project implementation is in progress, there are delays because of non- issuance of materials by DABS which is kept by Power-grid since 2009-2010 for LILO works at the Charikar store of DABS. 5. Introduction to the Biogas Consortium Afghanistan –presented by BORDA: The biogas consortium’s members are organizations interested in the sustainable development of productive biogas in Afghanistan. The Consortium works towards sustainable implementation of biogas plants and acts as a knowledge hub to inform interested parties. The vision is to improve livelihoods and protect the environment by providing people with access to biogas technology. Increased use of sustainable biogas will result in improved access to clean and renewable energy, health benefits, better food security, income generation and will assist in a more sustainable pattern of agriculture. The Consortium’s mission is to contribute to a sustainable productive biogas sector through the exchange and generation of knowledge, the enhancement of technical capacity, and by addressing barriers and harnessing opportunities for the development of the biogas sector in Afghanistan. BORDA’s representative further talked about the functions of the consortium, and the support of people centered policy, she summarized that the consortium will help to accelerate knowledge, avoid Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) Malik Asghar Square, Ministry of Economy Kabul, Afghanistan

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costly U-turns and dispel some of the persistent myths surrounding biogas in Afghanistan. 6. Renewable Energy Updates: The representative of MEW talked about the Renewable Energy (RE) sector activities and informed ICE participants that: a. The Afghanistan National Renewable Energy Policy (ANREP) has been finalized and also had been presented in the previous ICE meeting. b. The RE Department has also published RE magazines, and is working with GIZ, USAID and ADB. c.

The RE Department are also looking forward for ADB's Technical Assistance to start soon.

d. Additionally, RE Department through MEW has sent all donor agencies a letter asking that their investments in RE should be in line with the RE Department’s plans and that they should keep the department informed in advance. e. The department has a RE summit in March 2015, and all ICE participants are invited to the summit. f. GIZ’s representative said GIZ's first phase of energy projects is coming to an end. GIZ is working on the second phase (which will run for another three years). When the program proposal is finalized and approved, it will be presented at an ICE meeting. 7. ADB Extending the ICE TA for another one year: ADB’s representative made his remarks that we received the request of the Ministry of Economy regarding the ICE TA extension, it is under the consideration of ADB and I am hopeful that it will be approved and extended for another one year. H.E Acting Minister appreciated the statement of ADB’s representative, H.E said the government fully supports the ICE Commission and marked that it is important for the energy sector harmonization.

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Action Items: The below is a list of action items / follow ups generated during this meeting. A full list of outstanding action items (including previous meetings) is presented as Attachment A. No

Action Item

To be Undertaken by

1

Afghanistan Petroleum Authority (APA) will update the next Update on Sheberghan Gas and ICE meeting on the status of Sheberghan Gas and other other Hydrocarbon projects Hydrocarbon projects

2

GIZ's energy Afghanistan

3

MEW and DABS will update the next ICE meeting about Turkmenistan Interconnection PPA Turkmenistan Interconnection Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)

4

Kandahar Solar power plant and USIAD will update the next ICE meeting about Kandahar Rodat Transmission line and solar power plant and the Rodat Transmission line and Substation Substation

projects

for GIZ will present the new proposal for their energy projects in Afghanistan

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B. Meeting/ Discussion Narrative: 1. Mr. Qari Ruhollah Sanjar, Payment officer in MoEc recited few verses from the Holy Quran. The meeting started after the Holy Quran recitation. 2. H.E. Hukum Khan Habibi, the Acting Minister of Economy welcomed the participants to ICE’s 11thcoordination meeting and said the meeting was supposed to be held in December last year but postponed as many of the stakeholders were out of country. 3. H.E Acting Minister said it is important to note that ICE is and has been coordinating and facilitating these meetings for energy sector stakeholders, therefore, to continue with having such a useful forum, we officially requested ADB to extend the ICE Technical Assistance (TA) for another year and we hope that ADB agrees to our request. 4. H.E Acting Minister said we also thank you all (stakeholders) for your commitment to the energy sector in Afghanistan which is the most important sector for the overall growth and economic development in the country. H.E noted that as you all know reliable energy will allow us to have more industries in the country and the industrial sector development will create employment and plays a significant role in the poverty reduction and sustainable economic development, therefore, energy sector is a top priority for the government of Afghanistan and it also has been prioritized in the economic policy in the government, hence, we appreciate your role and contribution in the energy sector. 5. H.E Acting Minister said we will follow the agenda items and asked the representative of Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) Mr. Aman Ghalib to present the updates on Electricity Law, CASA-1000 and Feasibility Study of Baghdara Hydro Power Plant: Electricity Law, CASA-1000 and Baghdara Feasibility Study - MEW 6. Mr. Aman Ghalib, Director of Renewable Energy in the Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) thanked H.E Acting Minister and said that regarding CASA 1000 it will be better that Mr. Mirwais Alami, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of DABS talk about it as he recently came from the CASA 1000 meeting in Bishkek. Mr. Ghalib said that electricity law has been approved by the Ministry of Justice and it has been sent to the cabinet council for their approval and the joint team of MEW and Ministry of Justice presented the electricity law to the second vice president of Afghanistan as well. We are hoping that in the coming months cabinet council will approve the electricity law and further to be sent for parliament's endorsement. 7. Mr. Ghalib said that Baghdara Hydro Power Plant (HPP) feasibility study will be completed by June 2015 and it will be discussed in a technical workshop. 8. Eng. Habib Rahmat, Policy Advisor of MEW, said that Baghdara is one of the important projects for us, from the preliminary results of the feasibility study it has been revealed that the power plant capacity will be 225 MW - increased from the previously perceived (210 MW). He further said that the complete report of the feasibility study will be presented to the government by May 2015. Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) Malik Asghar Square, Ministry of Economy Kabul, Afghanistan

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9. Mr. Mirwais Alami, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) remarked that he recently returned from the meeting on CASA-1000 in Bishkek, he said the meeting was positive, the latest update is on commercial side and the master agreement is finalized in this meeting and is ready for signatures by March 2015, but there are some issues, there will be four Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) that would need to be signed, the PPA between Afghanistan and Pakistan, PPA between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, PPA between Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan, and a bilateral PPA between Pakistan and the power sellers, there are some complications regarding the Afghanistan portion we have other parallel lines coming from Tajikistan carrying 350 to 400 MW in summer, our peak load is in winter and CASA 1000 provides us power in summer, Turkmenistan lines will also provide 300 MW by 2018, so considering all this, there are possibilities that Afghanistan might not utilize CASA 1000 power in Afghanistan, we started this discussion with other countries. We reached an agreement that during first years Afghanistan will only take 100 MW and the rest 200 MW and possibly other surplus in Summer will be sold to Pakistan as per the agreed commercial terms. 10. Mr. Alami said, the update on the procurement side of CASA 1000 project is that bidding documents are prepared and bidders are going to submit their bids very soon and we expect the contract award in the upcoming months. 11. H.E. Acting Minister thanked MEW and DABS for their updates and requested Mr. Mirwais Alami to present his presentation: AEIC, Turkmenistan Interconnection and Load Shedding in Kabul - DABS 12. Mr. Mirwais Alami, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of DABS, said the AEIC website was initially funded by USAID in 2005 as part of Afghan Energy Assistance Program (AEAP), although there had been some minor problems in the process of the transfer of the website from MEW to DABS, the website was kept by an individual who was responsible, when DABS requested the complete submission of the website it was rejected unfortunately. DABS decided to restructure the entire website under one domain, all relevant data can be found there, and now DABS is working to complete its Customer Information System (CIS), those systems will be completed within six months. AEIC started the activity with DABS since 20 April 2012 and during this period the collection of all generation, transmission and import power data, and the update of Afghanistan power system were accomplished, but currently, the AEIC website is inactive and World Bank and USAID allocated fund for this project to reactivate the AEIC website and prepare capacity building program for AEIC staff. 13. Mr. Aman Ghalib raised a question regarding the AEIC website that how the data collection will take place, how the coordination will be built up between the donors, NGOs and the ministries, what is the plan for that. Previously ICE also had planned and created a database of projects in their website and they have a lot of data in there, and the MEW also intends to have databases for such reasons.

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14. Mr. Alami replied that DABS will provide its thoughts, learnings and all relevant updates on power system and data in the energy sector on the AEIC website that will be available for all the stakeholders. 15. Mr. Alami talked about the load shedding management in Kabul city, currently, DABS uses its domestic power generation plus import power. The electricity demand in winter season is around 500MW and available power from domestic generation and imported power is around 400MW. Mr. Alami explained the hourly load curves for Kabul of the month of December last year and of the February 2015, he then explained the demand and the estimated load shedding in Kabul. Refer to Attachment B for further details. 16. Mr. Alami moved to Turkmenistan Interconnection, he talked about the import power from Turkmenistan with the voltage of 500kV AC Transmission line to Afghanistan, he said, during last high ranking delegation to Turkmenistan it was agreed that Turkmenistan will supply up to 500MW to Afghanistan. The protocol is linked to a PPA between the countries. 17. Mr. Alami said, phase one of Turkmenistan interconnection is 300vMW, and phase two will be 500MW. Mr. Alami mentioned that the line initially will be operated at 220 kV. He said that the OHL interconnection project is comprised of two portions: 500 kV portion (Aqina to Sheberghan) and 220 kV portion (Sheberghan to Mazar e Sharif). The line will supply power from Turkmenistan to Andkhoy and Sheberghan new substations and Mazar e Sharif while operated at 220 kV. The award of contract is expected in the second quarter of 2015. Refer to Attachment B for further details. 18. Mr. Hamid Durrani, Senior Project Officer from ADB added, regarding the PPSA, I had a discussion with Deputy Minister of MEW last week, he said that the issue has been discussed between the two presidents of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, but the details will be discussed with the Turkmen ambassador in Kabul, so probably MEW and DABS are waiting for the ambassador to discuss the details, it seems that everything is still with the Government of Afghanistan and ADB is waiting for MEW and DABS’s advice. The procurement of the Aqina to Mazar e Sharif transmission line and three (Andkhoy, Sheberghan, Mazar e Sharif) substations, the financial bid evaluation is in process, soon we will have the results, however, the PPSA is an essential prerequisite for contract award. 19. H.E. requested Mr. David Wilson, the representative from CSTC-A to present his Presentation: Electricity Grid Planning for MoD and MoI - CSTC-A 20. Mr. David Wilson of Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A) said I want to discuss the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) plan to infuse themselves (ANA, ANP) into the Afghanistan Energy Master Plan, Mr. David said he will elaborate the ANSF current energy situation, the power initiatives, and the future connections and will present a summary. 21. Mr. David talked about and explained the current structure of the ANA and that the personnel only is approximately 200,000, the structure comprises of 24 combat brigades, Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) Malik Asghar Square, Ministry of Economy Kabul, Afghanistan

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8 national brigades, the Afghanistan air force, and other assets such as the special mission wing. He talked about the ANA site locations in Afghanistan where he explained the map and the strategic aspects of those site locations. He explained the ANP structure, the Afghanistan National Police has 157,000 personnel, the ANP has 4 education institutions, and the Central Prison directorate has 39 prisons and 365 detention centers. The structure comprises of 7 brigades of Afghanistan Civil Order Police (ANCOP), 6 regions of Afghanistan Uniformed Police (AUP), 3 Branches of the Afghanistan Anti-Crime Police (AACP) and 6 zones of the Afghanistan Border Police (ABP).How this forum will be sustained. 22. Mr. David shed light on the current ANSF energy situation, he said the ANA and ANP installations throughout Afghanistan receive most of their electrical power approximately 90% through diesel generators, the annual cost of providing generator power at ANSF facilities is projected at $327M ($185M fuel + $142M Operations & Maintenance (O&M) for generators) in 2015. That amount represents 67% of the $485M ANSF infrastructure budget for sustainment costs. Mr. David expressed that these amounts are huge and cannot be sustained for long, therefore, the ANSF worked on power initiatives to use the ANSF as anchor customer for DABS, this helps in two ways, we know that the capacity now on the energy grid is not enough to support the civilian population, Mr. David said we are not here to take any energy out of the way of civilian population rather we want to enhance the power grid, he talked about the NEPS-SEPS, the Northern Power Interconnection, Power Purchase Agreement and other donor initiatives, details on these initiatives can be found in CSTC-A presentation in the Attachment C. 23. Mr. David summarized the presentation and said the ANSF has 352,000 personnel operating in over 500 major subordinate organizations; the ANSF budget is $327M to produce electrical power annually; currently ANSF spends approximately $0.53/kWh to produce electricity; the commercial power can be made available to the ANSF at $0.22/kWh; ANSF could become an anchor client for DABS; And the ANSF will receive guaranteed power from DABS. Refer to Attachment C for further details. 24. H.E Acting Minister responded to Mr. David and said thank you for your useful presentation, I would like to add that the infrastructure building in relation to the energy will help sustain economic development in the country over the long run, secondly, diesel puts us into great challenge by polluting our air and creates a lot of environmental concerns, and by implementing this plan we can overcome those concerns. Also, I request you to coordinate your plans with relevant stakeholders. 25. Mr. Alami also responded and said what is more important for DABS is the capacity of our power is system, if we are in shortage of power we won’t be able to offer, but as H.E said, we have sufficient power during spring, DABS can supply during that, secondly, you might all be aware that DABS has zero tolerance for non-payment organizations, no pay no power. The Ministry of Interior Affairs is not paying their bills on time. 26. Mr. David said the PPA is the first portion of this project, we are not asking for a whole bunch of capacity for the first year, because we know that the grid cannot support it, so Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) Malik Asghar Square, Ministry of Economy Kabul, Afghanistan

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we are willing to work with you on that, secondly, remember we control the budget, so we will have codes in there specifically for electricity and with their codes in the budgets they can only spend those dollars on what we say to spend it on, we are going to do this for two reasons, (i) we allocate the dollars that they are supposed to spend on electricity so you will receive those dollars, and (ii) so that we can control it, if they don’t pay it, we pay it. 27. Mr. Aman Ghalib said MEW has sent a letter to MoD and MoI to consider alternate solutions as well, like the renewable energy for off-grid loads. Secondly, private sector can also its role in supplying power to MoD and MoI loads by installing renewable energy sources. I would like to request CSTC-A and MoD and MoI representatives to consider this solution as well. 28. Mr. David said on the first year we will use 5MW, the second year we will increase from 5MW to 8MW or 10MW, the third year from 10MW to about 20MW, so the first year the ANSF will only use 5MW of power in national grid to allow the capacity to be built and as the capacity continue to be built we will request more. I think with that forecast it gives DABS the opportunity to know how much we are going to be requesting the following years, DABS will know the exact locations of the bases of their plant to connect in those years so we can assure that the ministries are talking together so each one of them got a plan on the connection, the energy amount and so forth. 29. Mr. Shoaib Rahim, Advisor for the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said I agree with Mr. Alami and MoD is making sure to pay its bills on time. Mr. Rahim said, I would like to thank CSTC-A for their efforts and connecting ANSF to the national grid. He further said, when we were developing MoD budget three years ago, we noticed that power supply is a significant issue and a lot of generators with huge amount of diesel are running to keep the lights on and heat the brigades across the country. MoD communicated this matter to MEW and DABS. The other issue which we are facing is problems in terms of technical expertise of the ANA in operating these power plants and we allocated a good number of people to operate these generators, if our loads are connected to the grid, many of our problems will be solved and most importantly, we don't have $370 million to pay annually for our power supply only, therefore interconnecting with the national grid is a priority for us. 30. H.E Acting Minister asked the representative from NEW to present brief updates on Charikar Substation: Updates on Charikar Substation - MEW/ Power Grid India 31. Eng. Habib Rahmat started by explaining the project and said the Government of Afghanistan requested Government of India in 2003 to set up a Transmission system comprising of a 220 KV Double Circuit Line from Pul-e-Khumri to Chimtala (Kabul) of 202 Km, a 220/110/20 KV sub-station at Chimtala, and the extension of bay works at the east of Kabul. All these projects are commissioned in the year 2008-2009. Eng. Rahmat Added, the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan further requested to construct two more 220/20kV Substations at Charikar and Doshi along with Loop In Loop Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) Malik Asghar Square, Ministry of Economy Kabul, Afghanistan

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Out(LILO) connections, the Government of India agreed to construct two more substation inCharikar and Doshi. 32. Eng. Rahmat talked about the Charikar substation project status and said all the switch yard tower foundation/LM is completed in both 220kV and 20 switch yard, all switch yard Equipment’s foundation completed and transformer foundations for both 220kV and 20 are 80% completed. He further said the control room’s building, switchgear and store building are completed, the switch yard earthing is in progress, 50% completed, the cable trench inside control room and switchgear building is completed, and the switchyard cable trench is in progress 95% balanced. Eng. Rahamt briefly talked about the erection works and said all towers, beams and stringing works in both 220 and 20 KV switchyard are completed, the equipment erection is in progress, approximately 5% completed, the switchgear/Battery/ACDB DCDB/Control panel’s erection would be commenced 33. Eng. Rahmat talked about Doshi substation and said all towers , beams and stringing works in both 220 and 20 KV switchyard are completed, the equipment erection is in progress, approximately 5% completed, the switchgear/battery/ACDB DCDB/Control panel’s erection ,would be commenced. He talked about the erection works and mentioned that all towers/beam/LM and stringing works completed, all the equipment erection is completed, the transformer erection is also completed but remained for the fixing of the bushings, the switchyard earthing is also completed, the panels in switchgear/control room and ACDB DCDB and battery erection are completed, the cable laying and termination work is in progress, and the testing of equipment is in progress. Eng. Rahmat mentioned that the work is awarded to M/S KEC and project implementation is in progress, there are delays because of non- issuance of materials by DABS which is kept by Power-grid since 2009-2010 for LILO works at the Charikar store of DABS. Refer to Attachment D for further details 34. H.E Acting Minister asked the representative from BORDA to present her presentation: Introduction to the Biogas Consortium Afghanistan - BORDA 35. Ms. Amy Jennings from BORDA, started her presentation by explaining the biogas consortium and said it is a partnership between like mined organizations that wish to contribute and learn about the sustainable development of productive biogas in Afghanistan and to ensure the sustainable implementation of biogas plants and act as a knowledge hub to inform interested parties. She talked about the vision to improve livelihoods and protect the environment by providing people with access to biogas technology, this will result in better access to clean and renewable energy, health benefits, ensure food security, income generation and assist in a more sustainable agriculture, the mission is to contribute to a sustainable productive biogas sector through; the exchange and generation of knowledge, the enhancement of technical capacity, and address barriers and harness opportunities for the development of the biogas sector in Afghanistan. Ms. Amy further talked about the functions of the consortium, and the support of people centred policy, she summarized that the consortium will help to accelerate knowledge, Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) Malik Asghar Square, Ministry of Economy Kabul, Afghanistan

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avoid costly U-turns and dispel some of the persistent myths surrounding biogas in Afghanistan. Refer to Attachment E for further details 36. Mr. Aman Ghalib talked about the Renewable Energy (RE) sector activities and said that the national renewable energy policy is finalized and presented in the previous ICE meeting as well. Mr. Ghalib said, we also published our RE magazines you can collect it from here, we are working with GIZ, USAID and ADB. We are looking forward for ADB's Technical Assistance to start soon. Additionally, RE department through MEW sent all donor agencies a letter that investments in RE should be in line with our plans and should keep us informed in advance. We have RE summit in March 2015, I invite you all to participate in the summit. 37. Mr. Zabiullah Tahirzada from GIZ said GIZ's energy projects first phase is coming to an end and we are working on the second phase for another three years, when this proposal is finalized and approved we are going to present it in the next ICE meeting. 38. Mr. Mark Harvey briefly put his remarks forward and said I have been to many of these ICE meetings and it is a good coordination forum, but we don’t seem to have enough time for discussion, the ICE team is doing a great job by producing this agenda and the minutes quite quickly after the meeting, I suggest maybe if these presentations could be available before the meeting and then could be used in the meeting for discussions, it is quite exciting to have the presence of the biogas people and the Ministry of Defence. 39. Mr. Hamid Durrani made his concluding remarks that we received Ministry of Economy's request regarding the ICE TA extension, it is under the consideration of ADB and I am hopeful that it will be approved and extended for another one year. 40. H.E Acting Minister appreciated and noted the suggestion made by Mark Harvey and asked ICE team to consider Mark’s suggestion in the upcoming ICE meetings. He also appreciated Hamid Durrani’s statement, H.E said the government fully supports the ICE Commission and marked that it is important for the energy sector harmonization. Lastly H.E said that the ICE secretariat will inform us about the next ICE Meeting through email, and he thanked all the participants in his closing remarks for their participation and contributions.

Meeting Participants 1

The meeting was attended by about 47 stakeholders representing energy, economy, finance, DABS and other government ministries, development partners and private sector participants. The participants’ name and contact details are included as Meeting Participants List – Attachment E.

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Attachment A List of Outstanding Action Items

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Ministry of Economy (MoEc) Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) As of 8 Februrary 2015 Open Discussion Items Tracker

ICE Mtn No

Action Item

Responsible Organization (s)

Priority level

ICE Meeting No. and Date

Status

Comments/Remarks

As part of 'state of the industry' reports

Resolved 1 2

Exploring Funding Gaps in NEPS/SEPS system Update on CASA-1000 transit fee proposal approval

ICE Secretariat

Normal

3rd ICE Meeting November, 25th 2013

Completed

MEW/MoF

Normal

9th ICE Meeting September, 24th 2014

Completed

3

Update on Turkmenistan PPA

DABS/MEW/ADB

High

5th ICE meeting 2 March 2014

Completed

Negotiations underway and to be concluded in 2 months.

4

Process to institutionalize PSMP

MEW

Normal

3rd ICE Meeting November, 25th 2013

Completed

Concept note with assistance of ICE-ST prepared MEW agreement in principle to establish PSMP secretariat

5

Confirmation of funding arrangements for Ghazni-Kandahar

USAID

Normal

9th ICE Meeting September, 24th 2014

Completed

Fichnter/ ADB

Normal

6th ICE meeting 30 April 2014

Completed

ICE secretariat will circulate Fichnt'er presentation on the inception workshop of Gas Development Master Plan (GDMP)

Normal

7th ICE meeting 28 May 2014

Completed

ICE ST will circulate Fichnter's presentation with 7th ICE meeting minutes.

6

7

Submitting conclusion report on Master Plan Circulation of Fichtner's presentation in inception workshop of Gas Development Master Plan presentation.

In Progress 1

Update on CASA-1000 financing

WB/DABS/MEW

Normal

5th ICE meeting 2 March 2014

In progress

Negotiations to be concluded by June

2

Process to update Power Sector Master Plan

MEW

High

3rd ICE Meeting November, 25th 2013

In progress

To be discussed in Next ICE meeting : Can suggested changes be included in ADB TA for updating Power Sector

3

Corporatization of Afghan Gas

Economic Committee

Normal

3rd ICE Meeting November, 25th 2013

In progress

To present update in next ICE meeting

4

Develop an environment to attract Public Private Partnership (PPP)

Ministry of Energy & Water and Ministry of Finance to work together and finalize a plan to attract PPP

Normal

4th ICE Meeting 27 Jan 2014

In progress

ICE-ST providing support upon request by MEW preparing initial draft of guidelines

5

Hard' limit of 100 kW for MRRD projects

MRRD/MEW/RECC

Normal

5th ICE meeting 2 March 2014

In progress

ADB

Normal

9th ICE Meeting September, 24th 2014

In progress

MEW

Normal

9th ICE Meeting September, 24th 2014

In progress

MEW-Renewable Energy Department

Normal

9th ICE Meeting September, 24th 2014

In progress

Normal

1st ICE Meeting September 23rd 2013

Pending

Normal

4th ICE Meeting 27 Jan 2014

Pending

Normal

6th ICE meeting 30 April 2014

Pending

Letter will be submitted to ADB by mid June 2014

High

7th ICE meeting 28 May 2014

Pending

MEW and MRRD will report back in the 8th ICE meeting about nominating a focal point for SE4All

High

9th ICE Meeting September, 24th 2014

Pending

High

10th ICE meeting 12 November 2014

Pending

High

10th ICE meeting 12 November 2014

Pending

Normal

10th ICE meeting 12 November 2014

Pending

High

7th ICE meeting 28 May 2014

Pending

High

10th ICE meeting 12 November 2014

Pending

High

10th ICE meeting 12 November 2014

Pending

6 7 8

Update on TKM Power Purchase and Sales Agreement (PPSA) Update on setup of Energy Master planning Secretariat Final version of Renewable Energy Policy

Pending 1 2 4 5 6 7 8

MoF to forward issues for delay in customs Neak Mohamed – MoF to forward MEW concern to relevant department. clearance for MEW project infrastructure All participants to please inform ICE secretariat whether customs clearance is an AEIC presentation

DABS will present AEIC presentation

Waste to Energy Project Feasibility Study funding Designation of a focal point for UNDP SE4All initiative

Kabul Municipality will be Submitting a feasibility study request for ADB funding through MoF MEW and MRRD will nominate a focal point to lead the SE4All initiative and coordinate among the relevant stakeholders. A representative from the Russian embassy will be invited to the next ICE O&M plans for HPPs by Russian meeting, to talk about Russia's commitment and contribution to the O&M of Government HPPs Capacity Building Scope of Work to be USAID or DABS will share the capacity building program scope of work with ICE shared by USAID/ DABS stakeholders MEW will process a letter on JFPR project and submit it to ADB. Letter will be MEW letter on JFPR to be submitted to ADB signed by Ministers of MEW and MoEC

9

Update on Sheberghan Gas and other Hydrocarbon projects

Afghanistan Petroleum Authority (APA) will update the next ICE meeting on the status of Sheberghan Gas and other Hydrocarbon projects

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Renewable Energy projects and studies will Renewable Energy Department (RED) of MEW will share and coordinate RE be shared with Mercy Corps for their projects and studies with Mercy Corps. renewable energy market study Customs exemption for NEPS - SEPS interconnection project Security costs for Arghandi to Ghazni Transmission line

MoF, DABS and USAID will discuss the customs exemption issue and will present the outcome of the meeting in the next ICE meeting MoI, DABS and USAID will discuss the security costs issue and will present the outcome in the next ICE meeting

13

GIZ's energy projects for Afghanistan

GIZ will present the new proposal for their energy projects in Afghanistan

Normal

11th ICE meeting 8 February 2015

Pending

14

Kandahar Solar power plant and Rodat Transmission line and Substation

USIAD will update the next ICE meeting about Kandahar solar power plant and the Rodat Transmission line and Substation

Normal

13th ICE meeting 12 November 2014

Pending

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MoF to update us on the progress

GIZ will present their projects in the next ICE meeting

Attachment B AEIC, Turkmenistan Interconnection and Load Shedding in Kabul DABS

Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) Malik Asghar Square, Ministry of Economy Kabul, Afghanistan

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DA AFGHANISTAN BRESHNA SHERKAT ‫ﺩﺍﻓﻐﺎﻧﺴﺘﺎﻥ ﺑﺮﺷﻨﺎ ﺷﺮﮐﺖ‬

Inter- Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) DABS, CCO Mirwais Alami

‫ﻣﻳﺭﻭﻳﺱ ﻋﺎﻟﻣﯽ ﺭﺋﻳﺱ ﺗﺟﺎﺭﺗﯽ ﺩﺍﻓﻐﺎﻧﺳﺗﺎﻥ‬ ‫ﺑﺭښﻧﺎ ﺷﺭﻛﺕ‬ Sunday, Feb 8th, 2015 ۱۳۹۳ / ‫ ﺩﻟﻭ‬/ 19 ‫ﻳﮑﺷﻧﺑﻪ‬

www.dabs.af

DA AFGHANISTAN BRESHNA SHERKAT ‫ﺩﺍﻓﻐﺎﻧﺳﺗﺎﻥ ﺑﺭښﻧﺎ ﺷﺭﮐﺕ‬

Agenda of presentation:  AEIC current status.  Turkmenistan Interconnection project.  Load shedding in Kabul network.

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Afghan Energy Information Center (AEIC) 3

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Afghan Energy information Center (AEIC) Provide and disterbut energy related data . The AEIC was funded by USAID in 2005 as part of Afghan Energy Assistance Program (AEAP) AEIC started the activity with DABS since 20 April 2012 and during this period the following assignments were accomplished by this department:

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Current Status of AEIC: 1. Collecting of All Generation, Transmission and Import power data. 2. Update of Afghanistan power system 3. Currently, the AEIC website is inactive and WB allocated fund for this project to reactivate the AEIC website and prepare capacity building program for AEIC staff.

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Load shedding management in Kabul City: Currently, in Kabul city DABS using their domestic power generation plus import power. The electricity demand in winter season

is around

500MW and available power from domestic generation and imported power is around 400MW. 6

DA AFGHANISTAN BRESHNA SHERKAT ‫ﺩﺍﻓﻐﺎﻧﺳﺗﺎﻥ ﺑﺭښﻧﺎ ﺷﺭﮐﺕ‬

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Etimated load shortage for Kabul ‫ﺣﻭﺕ‬ %16

‫ﻣﻳﺯﺍﻥ‬ %13 ‫ﻋﻘﺭﺏ‬ %17

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Turkmenistan Interconnection For power import from Turkmenistan with voltage of 500kV AC Transmission line to Afghanistan, during latest high ranking delegation to Turkmenistan it was agreed that Turkmenistan will supply up to 500MW to Afghanistan. The protocol is liked to a PPA between countries . 1. Phase one 300MW. 2. Phase two 500MW. 11

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Turkmenistan Interconnection The 500 kV OHL TKM-AFG interconnection is expected to supply up to 1000 MW power from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, the line initially will be operated at 220 kV. the OHL interconnection project is comprised of two portions: 1. 500 kV portion (Aqina to Sheberghan) 2. 220 kV portion (Sheberghan to Mazar e Sharif) The line will supply power from TKM to Andkhoy and Sheberghan new substations and Mazar e Sharif while operated at 220 kV The award of EPC contract is expected in Q2 2015. 12

Attachment C Electricity Grid Planning for MoD and MoI - CSTC-A

Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) Malik Asghar Square, Ministry of Economy Kabul, Afghanistan

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Afghanistan National Security Forces Power Demand

UNCLASSIFIED

Agenda • Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) breakdown • Afghanistan National Army (ANA) • Afghanistan National Police (ANP) • ANSF current energy situation • Power Initiatives • Future Connections • Summary

POC: David Wilson [email protected]

UNCLASSIFIED

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ANA Current Situation Afghanistan National Army (ANA) 195,000 personnel 1st Brigade

Branch Schools

Education Institutions

14 Total

11 Total

Combat Brigades

National Brigades

24 Total

8 Total

POC: David Wilson [email protected]

Afghanistan Air Force

Minister Of Defense Headquarters

UNCLASSIFIED

Typical Brigade Site Plan

Other Assets (Special Mission Wing)

3

ANA Site Locations

POC: David Wilson [email protected]

UNCLASSIFIED

4

ANP Current Situation Afghanistan National Police (ANP) 157,000 personnel

Education Institutions

7 Brigades

Afghanistan Uniformed Police (AUP) 6 Regions

Afghanistan AntiCrime Police (AACP)

Afghanistan Border Police (ABP)

3 Branches

6 Zones

Minister of Interior Headquarters POC: David Wilson [email protected]

ANP Infrastructure

39 Prisons / 365 Detention Centers

4 Total

Afghanistan Civil Order Police (ANCOP)

Central Prison Directorate

UNCLASSIFIED

5

ANP Site Locations <100 pax 100-200 pax >200 pax

POC: David Wilson [email protected]

UNCLASSIFIED

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ANSF Current Energy Situation • ANA and ANP installations throughout Afghanistan receive most of their electrical power (~90%) through diesel generators • The annual cost of providing generator power at ANSF facilities is projected at $327M ($185M fuel + $142M Operations & Maintenance (O&M) for generators) in 2015. • Represents 67% of the $485M ANSF infrastructure budget for sustainment costs • ANSF energy cost with diesel fuel, O&M, and sustainment, restoration, and modernization (SRM) is approximately $0.53/Kilowatt-hour (kWh) under ideal conditions • Fuel rate = $0.30/kWh • O&M rate = $0.18/kWh • Repair and replace (R&R) rate = $0.05/kWh • Commercial power available at $0.22 per kilowatt hour (kWh)

POC: David Wilson [email protected]

UNCLASSIFIED

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Power Initiatives Energy Initiatives and Partnerships NEPS-SEPS • • •

Other Donor Initiatives

Primarily funded by Afghan Infrastructure Fund (AIF) managed by of USAID and US Forces - Afghanistan Provide lower life-cycle cost for electrical power Will supply long-term electrical capacity to the Kandahar region

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Northern Power Interconnect • • • •

Total cost of $31.3M, provided by NATO Connection of 7 bases (3 ANA; 4 ANP) $6.4M in annual fuel savings, $1.6M in annual O&M savings National electrical template for future power grid connections

Central Asia South Asia 1000 (Asian Development Bank - ADB) • Transmit power from Tajikistan/Kyrgyz Republic through Afghanistan to Pakistan • Afghanistan receives 300MW of 1,300MW transmitted • Afghanistan receives a wheeling fee of $1.25 per MW transmitted through the country Kajaki Dam (USAID) • Installation of 3rd turbine • Increase generation capacity from 33MW to 51MW Sheberghan Gas Field (Asian Development Bank) • If developed, will produce 200MW for the next 25 years • Stimulates the long-term use of domestically produced Afghan fuel (gas)

Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) • • •

•

Simple payback of 4.2 years with estimate of $915M accumulated savings over 10 years PPA to increase ANSF’s electrical power usage Investment in the PPA will: • Guarantee power availability to selected ANSF facilities and bases • Provide ANSF electrical power availability for a prolonged period of time • Provide ANSF electrical power at a set cost for usage (~$0.22 kWh) • Significantly reduce fuel, personnel, generator maintenance, and logistical requirements Get ANSF out of the power business allowing them to concentrate on warfighting functions

Due to Afghanistan’s natural resources (extractives), geographic location and existing/growing power demand in the region - there is great potential – We must help them to look ahead!

POC: David Wilson [email protected]

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Future Connections

Meymanah 3.8 MW

3/203 Ghazni 5.0 MW

3/215 Lashkar Gah – Camp Shorabak 4.9 MW + New Build

Kandahar ACC 6.6 MW

1/205 Kandahar Garr – Camp Hero 7.0 MW

2/203 Kayr Khot 7.0 MW

2/205 Qalat Camp Eagle 9.0 MW

POC: David Wilson [email protected]

UNCLASSIFIED

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Summary • ANSF has 352,000 personnel operating in over 500 major subordinate organizations. • ANSF budget is $327M to produce electrical power annually. • Currently ANSF spends approximately $0.53/kWh to produce electricity. • Commercial power can be made available to the ANSF at $0.22/kWh. • ANSF could become an anchor client for Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat. • ANSF will receive guaranteed power while supporting Afghanistan infrastructure.

POC: David Wilson [email protected]

UNCLASSIFIED

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Questions

UNCLASSIFIED

Attachment D Updates on Charikar Substation - MEW/ Power Grid India

Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) Malik Asghar Square, Ministry of Economy Kabul, Afghanistan

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Government of India Assistance Projects

Government of Afghanistan requested Government of India in 2003 to set up a Transmission system comprising of, 220 KV Double Circuit Line from Phul-eKhumri to Chimtala (Kabul) of 202 Km.  220/110/20 KV sub-station at Chimtala.  Bay extension works at Kabul East. All above system charged in year 20082009. 

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Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Further requested to Construct two more 220/20kV Substations at Charikar and Doshi along with LOOP IN LOOP OUT(LILO) connections . Government of India Agreed to the request of Afghanistan Government to construct two more substation i.e Charikar and Doshi.

Status of the Projects.

CHARIKAR SUBSATION Civil works  All switch yard tower foundation/LM completed in both 220kV and 20 switch yard.  All switch yard Equipment’s foundation completed.  Transformer foundations for both 220kV and 20 , are 80% completed.

Control room’s building switchgear and store building completed.  Switch yard Earthling is in progress, 50% completed.  Cable trench inside Control room and Switchgear Building, Completed.  Switchyard cable trench is in progress 95% balanced. 

ERECTION WORKS  All Towers , Beams and stringing works in both 220 and 20 KV switchyard is completed.  Equipments erection is in progress, approximately 5% completed.  Switchgear/Battery/ACDB DCDB/ Control panel’s erection ,would be commenced.

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DOSHI SUBSTATION Civil Works All Towers/LM foundation of 220KV and 20KV completed. All Equipment’s foundations are completed. Transformer foundation, completed. Switch yard cable trench, completed. Switchgear building Control Room as well as store room, completed.

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Erection Works All towers/Beam/LM and stringing works completed. All Equipments erection completed. Transformer erection completed but remained for fixing the bushings. Switchyard Earthing, completed. Panels in switchgear/Control Room and ACDB DCDB and battery erection completed.

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Cable laying, termination works is in progress. Testing of Equipments is in progress. Charging of the station is expected by 25.01.2015. LILO WORKS At Charikar and Doshi Work awarded to M/S KEC and is in progress, However due to non- issuance of materials by DABS which is kept by POWERGRID in Year 2009-2010 for LILO works at Charikar store of DABS , hence work is held up.

Critical Issues needed to Be Addressed 

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Materials kept at Charikar substation for LILO works by POWERGRID in year 2009 -2010 is needed to be released by DABS at the earliest, in order to mover works forward at Doshi and Charikar, need urgent action of DABS. Shutdown is required for one Circuit to Make Loop in Loop Out at Doshi w.e.f 20.01.2015 to 22.01.2015.

Thank you

Attachment E BORDA presentation

Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) Malik Asghar Square, Ministry of Economy Kabul, Afghanistan

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Biogas Consortium Afghanistan (BCA)

Introduction to the Biogas Consortium Afghanistan A single voice to promote multiple benefits of biogas in Afghanistan ICE meeting Kabul 8th Feb. 2015

Biogas Consortium What is it?

• Is a partnership between like mined organizations that wish to contribute and learn about the sustainable development of productive biogas in Afghanistan. • To ensure the sustainable implementation of biogas plants and act as a knowledge hub to inform interested parties

Vision

What we do? • Improve livelihoods and protect the environment by providing people with access to biogas technology This will result in better access to clean and renewable energy, health benefits, ensure food security, income generation and assist in a more sustainable agriculture.

Mission

Why we do it? • To contribute to a sustainable productive biogas sector through; – exchange and generation of knowledge, – enhancement of technical capacity and – address barriers and harness opportunities for the development of the biogas sector in Afghanistan

Functions of the Consortium

Supporting people centered policy Community needs Community implementation National knowledge hub (experts) National Government

• Learning from on the ground pilot projects fed into a knowledge hub • Streamlines the data and information and delivers to policy and decision makers • Policies and strategies

Membership • Free of Charge • Involvement on different levels Benefits     

Be at the forefront of biogas development & research Be part of an extended network Get involved in projects and publishing Share your expertise Opportunity to contribute policy decisions

Next steps… • • • •

1st partner meeting 18th Feb 2015 Establishment of Steering Committee Establishment of working groups Review of 1 year action plan

For getting BCA membership, Please contact with: Mr. Farid Safi Biogas Program Manager BORDA, Afghanistan, Mobile: 0777215342 Email : [email protected]

Summary The consortium will help to accelerate knowledge, avoid costly U-turns and dispel some of the persistent myths surrounding biogas in Afghanistan.

Thank You

Attachment F List of 8 February 2015 ICE Meeting Participants

Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy (ICE) Malik Asghar Square, Ministry of Economy Kabul, Afghanistan

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MINISTRY OF ECONOMY (MoEc) THE INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMISSION FOR ENERGY (ICE) COORDINATION MEETING

11th ICE MEETING

PARTICIPANTS LIST Sunday 8 February 2015 Venue

No.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

NAME

H.E Hukum Khan Habibi Aman Ghalib Mirwais Alami S. Obaidullah Shoaib Rahim Nangialai M. Taqi Salik Eng. Habib Rahmat Asadullah Hamdard Geroge Obitre Gama Eric Anthony Jones Samiullah Dawoody Philip Schubent Hamid Durrani Khalid Shams Carmine Leone Abdul Qahar Khan Hamidullah Faizi Najibullah Amirzai Sultan Ali Javid Attaullah Asim David Wilson John Drake Andrew Borden Michael Spencer Nasrullah Habibi Ataurrahman Durrani Zahidullah Abdul Hashim Hekmat Zabiullah Tahirzada Kevin Pieters Christian Redmer Mark Marvey Claire Allan Sayed Yahya Zewary Haroon Khawar Shoaib Nilofer Malik Amy Jennings Farid Safi Hadi A. Mirwais

PL - 07/06/2014

0200-0400hrs

MoEc Conference Hall

ORGANIZATION

Ministry of Economy Ministry of Energy and Water Da Afghanistan Bereshna Sherkat MoEc MoD DABS Office of Administrative Affairs and Councel of Ministers NEW MoFA USAID US Embassy US Embassy Asian Development Bank- Afghanistan Resident Mission Asian Development Bank- Afghanistan Resident Mission Asian Development Bank- Afghanistan Resident Mission USFOR-A Joint Engineers MoF MoF MoMP MRRD MoF CSTC-A USFOR-A USFOR-A JENG CSTC-A CJ-ENG UN-Habitat IDB IDB MoEc GIZ USAID US Embassy Economic Section Department for International Development (DFID) Department for International Development (DFID) NEPA JICA DCDA UNDP BORDA BORDA BORDA Sheberghan Gas/ABAI

DESIGNATION

EMAIL

Director D. Program Director PTEC Project Manager Deputy Counselor Infrastructure Advisor Infrastructure Program Manager Head of Sustainable Development Programme Officer Power Specialist Programme Associate Programme Coordinator Biogas Program Manager

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Acting Minister MoEc Renewable Energy Director Chief Commercial Officer Ca. Manager Energy Advisor Planning. D Head of Aid Policy Energy Advisor Offices for Infrastructure and Natural Resources

Economic Section Energy Specialist Sr. Project Officer Civil Engineer Program Coordinator Budget Specialist Policy Director Head of BRDA Advisor Advisor Chief Infrastructure Div

P.M Field Representative

CELL NUMBER

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MINISTRY OF ECONOMY (MoEc) THE INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMISSION FOR ENERGY (ICE) COORDINATION MEETING

11th ICE MEETING

PARTICIPANTS LIST Sunday 8 February 2015 Venue

No.

43 44 45 46

NAME

Mohsin Amin Mohammad.Hashim Alimi Abdul Majid Labib Hassan Shoob

PL - 07/06/2014

ORGANIZATION

Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy - Secretariat Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy - Secretariat Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy - Secretariat Inter-Ministerial Commission for Energy - Secretariat

0200-0400hrs

MoEc Conference Hall

DESIGNATION

Deputy Team Leader/Energy Specialist Project Coordinator Project Coordinator Office & Logistics Manager

EMAIL

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

CELL NUMBER

0789 295270 0797 717505 0798 913237 0786 717476

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