Benin Electricity Access Scale-up (BEAS) Project

The development objective of the Electricity Access Scale-up Project for Benin is to increase access to electricity services for households, enterprises, and public facilities. The project comprises of three components. The first component, on-grid electrification t will finance the design, construction, rehabilitation, and extension of the distribution line network required to electrify all participating households and businesses in the project target areas with higher population density, located within about 7 km from the existing electricity networks (in urban, peri-urban, and rural areas). The second component, policy, and regulatory actions to implement the national electrification strategy (NES) and related investment programs will support the implementation of key reforms necessary for the sustainability of electrification strategy and related investment programs. The third component, technical assistance (TA) and implementation support will finance TA and capacity building activities and implementation support to ME, Benin Power Distribution Utility (SBEE), Benin Rural Electrification Agency (Agence béninoise de l’électrification rurale et de la maitrise d’énergie, ABERME), and National Authority for the Regulation of the Electricity Sector (ARE) to ensure project sustainability and to facilitate the monitoring of the achievement of targeted results.