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Electricity sector

• rganization and

performance in Burundi

René NSABIMANA

Electricity sector in Burundi

• 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
• f the REGIDESO.
• Hence, this paper, which analyzes the state of electricity in Burundi, initiates

benchmarking performance of the sector in East Africa.

Motivation

Performance of electricity sector in Burundi

Generation

• Installed capacity:

82.1 MW

• Power projects:

400 MW Transmission

• HV lines: 210 km
• f 110 kV, 112

km of 70 kV

• 30 kV used as

transmission lines Distribution

• MV lines: 1396.47

km including 30 kV lines

• LV lines: 610.19

km

Performance of electricity sector in Burundi: electricity access

Burundi; 9 Ethiopia; 44 Kenya; 64 Rwanda; 34 Tanzania; 33 Uganda; 22 Figure 1. Electricity access in East Africa % (2017)

• more than 90% of the Burundian

population had no access to electricity in 2017.

• Electricity Access benefits urban areas

(61.8%) far more than rural ones (2%).

• Electricity access remains very low

compared to other countries.

• Under-consumption compared to

Subsaharan country : 20 vs 486 kWh per capita

Performance of electricity sector in Burundi: Quality of service

100 200 300 400 500 600 Bujumbura East North South West 162 63 29 159 54 120 125 51 142 70 80 90 45 110 45 149 99 108 164 132

• 4a. Interruption frequency

2014 2015 2016 2017

High interruption frequency

500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 Bujumbura East North South West 770 334 147 840 235 656 607 325 802 375 408 478 266 567 261 1018 710 753 1172 881

• 4b. Interruption Duration in hours

2014 2015 2016 2017

High interruption duration More than a month without electricity

Performance of electricity sector in Burundi: Reliability index

Year SAIFI SAIDI CAIDI 2014 122.94 571.84 4.65 2015 102.15 549.68 5.38 2016 79.00 405.95 5.14 2017 111.43 777.27 6.98

• 79 to 123 interruptions per year
• Interruption duration from 405 to

777 hours a year

• it takes 4 to 7 hours to restore the

service

Quality of service and reliarbility

7 8 9 10 13 17 20 23 26 29 5 6 7 9 12 16 20 22 24 24 15 18 19 22 30 40 49 54 60 65 21 21 26 40 45 44 45 46 48 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Figure 5. Evolution of unpaid bills and sales in Billion BIF

Public sector Residential Trade and Industries Total Sales

• Higher unpaid bills, especially from

the public sector

• Teh unpaid bills exceed the sales

since 2014

• Unpaid bills are the high

components of electricity losses

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