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Electricity sector organization and performance in Burundi René NSABIMANA

Electricity sector in Burundi

Motivation • To investigate the organization of the electricity sector in Burundi and its impact on the performance • This study, then, is the first attempt at investigating the quality of service and reliability of the sector. • Secondly, the study relies on a strong dataset collected from the various departments of the REGIDESO. • Hence, this paper, which analyzes the state of electricity in Burundi, initiates benchmarking performance of the sector in East Africa.

Performance of electricity sector in Burundi Generation Transmission Distribution • Installed capacity: • HV lines: 210 km • MV lines: 1396.47 82.1 MW of 110 kV, 112 km including 30 km of 70 kV kV lines • Power projects: 400 MW • 30 kV used as • LV lines: 610.19 transmission lines km

Performance of electricity sector in Burundi: electricity access Figure 1. Electricity access in East Africa • more than 90% of the Burundian % (2017) Burundi; 9 population had no access to electricity Uganda; 22 in 2017. Ethiopia; 44 • Electricity Access benefits urban areas Tanzania; 33 (61.8%) far more than rural ones (2%). • Electricity access remains very low compared to other countries. • Under-consumption compared to Rwanda; Subsaharan country : 20 vs 486 kWh 34 per capita Kenya; 64

Performance of electricity sector in Burundi: Quality of service 4b. Interruption Duration in hours 4a. Interruption frequency 2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017 3500 600 3000 1172 164 500 2500 1018 149 400 2000 567 110 710 99 80 408 300 1500 881 802 478 132 90 753 142 656 120 1000 200 108 261 607 45 266 125 500 840 375 770 45 325 100 70 162 159 334 235 51 147 63 0 54 29 Bujumbura East North South West 0 Bujumbura East North South West High interruption duration High interruption frequency More than a month without electricity

Performance of electricity sector in Burundi: Reliability index Year SAIFI SAIDI CAIDI - 79 to 123 interruptions per year 2014 122.94 571.84 4.65 - Interruption duration from 405 to 777 hours a year 2015 102.15 549.68 5.38 - it takes 4 to 7 hours to restore the service 2016 79.00 405.95 5.14 2017 111.43 777.27 6.98

Quality of service and reliarbility • Higher unpaid bills, especially from Figure 5. Evolution of unpaid bills and sales in Billion BIF 70 the public sector 65 60 60 54 • Teh unpaid bills exceed the sales 50 49 48 40 46 45 45 44 24 40 40 since 2014 24 22 26 30 30 20 21 16 • Unpaid bills are the high 22 21 20 12 19 18 15 9 29 26 7 23 components of electricity losses 6 10 20 5 17 13 10 9 8 7 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Public sector Residential Trade and Industries Total Sales

Challenges • Cyclical challenges:  Socio-political crisis of 1993-2005 and the post-electoral crisis of 2015. • Structural challenges:  Low level of wealth: GDP per capita below US$300  Poor governance  Low attraction of private investments  High charges

Recommandation • Liberalize the REGIDESO and reorganize the electricity sector • Diversify the energy mix • Prioritize the regional projects for generation, transmission and distribution • Thanks

Address René Nsabimana PhD Student at the University of Liège-Belgium PhD Student at the University of Burundi Email: nsabirn@yahoo.fr Mobile Telephone: +257 79 94 39 42