Does the government have a dedicated funding line or budget for electrification (e.g., funded
national program, budget item, rural electrification fund to finance grid extension)?
Yes – 50, No – 0
Are there capital subsidies paid to the utilities to provide distribution systems to rural areas/villages?
Yes – 50, No – 0
Funding support for consumer connections
Are there consumer financing mechanisms (i.e. utility loans, on bill financing, micro-loans etc.) and/or direct subsidies available to support the payment of connection fees by consumers?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Are there consumer financing mechanisms targeting specifically female headed households?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Are there consumer financing mechanisms targeting low-income households?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Standards of performance on quality of supply
Does the government specify standards of performance on reliability (e.g. number of guaranteed hours per day, duration of the electricity, frequency of outages, SAIDI, SAIFI etc.)?
Yes – 50, No – 0
Is there a periodic reporting system in place to ensure standards compliance?
What is the annual cost of subsistence consumption (30kWh/month) as a percentage of GNI per household of the bottom 20 percent income households of the population?
If the percentage x is:
X 10% - 0
5% < x < 10% - scaled within in yellow zone score
X 5% - 100
Affordability of the connection fee
How many months does it take for the consumer to pay the connection fee based on savings of the bottom 20 percent of population?
X 12 months - 100
X between 12 and 36 months– scaled within yellow zone score
X 36 months – 0)
Policy to support low-volume consumers
Is there a mechanism to support low-volume consumers such as social or lifeline tariff?
Are there governmental and/or independent bodies that carry out formulation and implementation of EE strategy, policy and regulation for each of the roles listed below
Setting EE strategy
Yes – 50/7, No – 0
Setting EE standards
Yes – 50/7, No – 0
Regulating EE activities of energy suppliers
Yes – 50/7, No – 0
Regulating EE activities of energy consumers
Yes – 50/7, No – 0
Certifying compliance with equipment EE standards
Yes – 50/7, No – 0
Certifying compliance with building EE standards
Yes – 50/7, No – 0
Selecting and/or approving third party auditors tasked with certifying EE standards
Yes – 50/7, No – 0
Are energy efficiency programs developed based on market analyses with plans open to public consultation and periodic evaluation?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Are there professional certification/accreditation programs mandated for any of the following energy efficiency activities
Energy auditing/energy management
Yes to at least 1 – 25, No to all – 0
Energy efficiency financing
Yes to at least 1 – 25, No to all – 0
Monitoring and verification of energy consumption/savings
Is it mandatory for the selected utility to provide the following customers with reports of their energy usage, in a bill or by other means for residential customers, commercial services customers, and industrial customers?
Each sector: Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Residential customers
Commercial customers
Industrial customers
Quality of information in report
At what intervals do they receive these reports (times per year)?
Do the reports include the price levels customers pay for energy usage?
Each sector: Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Residential sector
Commercial sector
Industrial sector
Does the regulator track the utility’s compliance with laws for providing energy usage information to customers?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Comparison with other users
Do customers receive a bill or report which compares them to other users in the same region and/or usage class?
Residential customers
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Commercial customers
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Industrial customers
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Information related to energy savings
Do customers receive a bill or report that shows their energy usage compared to previous
bills or reports over time?
Each sector: Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Residential customers
Commercial customers
Industrial customers
Does the selected utility offer customers access real time feedback on energy usage (for either prepaid or post-paid systems)?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Does the selected utility offer customers the ability to manage energy usage levels remotely (through apps or other technology mediums that can track real time usage)
Are there any of the following energy-efficiency mandates for large energy users?
Targets (e.g. kWh savings or lower energy intensity or carbon dioxide reductions, etc.)
Yes to 1 or more 33.3– , No to all – 0
Mandatory audits
Yes to 1 or more 33.3– , No to all – 0
Progress/tracking reports
Yes to 1 or more 33.3– , No to all – 0
Energy-management system (computer technologies to optimize energy use)
Yes to 1 or more 33.3– , No to all – 0
Are there penalties in place for non-compliance with regulatory obligations for EE?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Is there a requirement for periodic reporting of energy consumption in order to enforce and/or track progress of energy efficiency in large consumers’ facilities?
Yes – 16.7, No – 0
Is there a measurement and verification program in place?
Yes – 16.7, No – 0
Incentives for large consumers
Are energy efficiency incentives in place for large-scale users?
Yes – 100, No – 0
Small-medium size enterprises (SMEs)
Is there an energy efficiency mandate or incentive program for SMEs?
Yes – 100 No – 0
Performance recognition
Is there a program to publicly recognize end users that have achieved significant energy savings measures?
Yes – 33.3 No – 0
Are energy savings and/or financial savings publicized?
Yes – 33.3 No – 0
Does the program offer assistance (from a government or independent entity) to end users to identify energy savings investments opportunities?
Are there binding energy savings obligations for public buildings and/or other public facilities (may include water supply, wastewater services, municipal solid waste, street lighting, transportation, and heat supply) ?
Yes – 100, No – 0
Tracking and enforcement of obligations
Is there a reporting mechanism to track and enforce energy savings in public sector facilities (either in-house or by a third party)?
Yes – 100, No – 0
Public procurement of energy efficiency products
Is there a specific policy or mandated guidelines for public procurement of energy-efficient products and services?
Yes – 50
No to all – 0
Are procurement guidelines updated periodically to reflect technological advances and best practices in energy efficient products and services?
Yes – 50, No – 0
Ability to retain energy savings
Do public budgeting regulations and practices allow public entities to retain energy savings at the following levels?
Are utilities required to carry out energy efficiency activities in this area?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Are there penalties in place for non-compliance with EE requirements?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Are energy savings or other target indicators measured to track performance in meeting EE requirements?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Are the requirements measured/validated by an independent third party?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Transmission and distribution networks
Are utilities required to carry out energy efficiency activities in this area?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Are there penalties in place for non-compliance with EE requirements?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Are energy savings or other target indicators measured to track performance in meeting EE requirements?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Are the requirements measured/validated by an independent third party?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Demand-side management
Are utilities required to carry out energy efficiency activities in this area?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Are there penalties in place for non-compliance with EE requirements?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Are energy savings or other target indicators measured to track performance in meeting EE requirements?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Are the requirements measured/validated by an independent third party?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Cost recovery mechanisms for utilities
Are any of the following mechanisms available for utilities to recover costs associated with or revenue lost from mandated energy efficiency activities in the residential, commercial, and/or industrial sectors
Public budget financing
Yes to 3 or more cost recovery mechanisms – 100
Yes to 2 or less – 50
No to all – 0
Compensation for revenue losses from EE activities via a tracking account
Yes to 3 or more cost recovery mechanisms – 100
Yes to 2 or less – 50
No to all – 0
Revolving funds and/or credit lines for EE activities
Yes to 3 or more cost recovery mechanisms – 100
Yes to 2 or less – 50
No to all – 0
Partial risk guarantees
Yes to 3 or more cost recovery mechanisms – 100
Yes to 2 or less – 50
No to all – 0
Program cost recovery
Yes to 3 or more cost recovery mechanisms – 100
Yes to 2 or less – 50
No to all – 0
On-bill financing/pre-payment
Yes to 3 or more cost recovery mechanisms – 100
Yes to 2 or less – 50
No to all – 0
Decoupling
Yes to 3 or more cost recovery mechanisms – 100
Yes to 2 or less – 50
No to all – 0
Are any of the following financing mechanisms for energy efficiency activities available in the (R) residential sector, (C) commercial services sector, and (I) industrial sector?
Residential sector
Tax incentives
For each sector,
Yes to more 3 or more – 50
Yes to 1 or 2 – 25
No to all – 0
Average of the 3 sectors
Discounted “green” mortgages
On-bill financing
Credit lines and/or revolving funds with banks for energy efficiency activities
Green or energy efficiency bonds
Energy services agreements (pay-for-performance contracts)
Vendor credit and/or leasing for energy efficiency activities
Partial risk guarantees
Commercial services sector
Tax incentives
For each sector,
Yes to more 3 or more – 50
Yes to 1 or 2 – 25
No to all – 0
Average of the 3 sectors
Discounted “green” mortgages
On-bill financing
Credit lines and/or revolving funds with banks for energy efficiency activities
Green or energy efficiency bonds
Energy services agreements (pay-for-performance contracts)
Vendor credit and/or leasing for energy efficiency activities
Partial risk guarantees
Industrial sector
Tax incentives
For each sector,
Yes to more 3 or more – 50
Yes to 1 or 2 – 25
No to all – 0
Average of the 3 sectors
Discounted “green” mortgages
On-bill financing
Credit lines and/or revolving funds with banks for energy efficiency activities
Green or energy efficiency bonds
Energy services agreements (pay-for-performance contracts)
Vendor credit and/or leasing for energy efficiency activities
Partial risk guarantees
How many financial and/or non-financial institutions offer financial products for energy efficiency investments in each sector?
Are there energy efficiency codes for new residential buildings?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Are there energy efficiency codes for new commercial buildings?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Are the building energy efficiency standards required to be updated on a regular basis to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for building energy efficiency in each sector
Residential buildings
Yes – 25, No – 0
Commercial buildings
Yes – 25, No – 0
Compliance system
Is commission testing for energy efficiency required for final building acceptance documentation?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Is there a requirement for periodic reporting to verify compliance with building energy efficiency requirements?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Is verification carried out by a third party?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Renovated buildings
Are renovated buildings required to meet a building energy code, in each sector
Residential sector
Yes – 25, No – 0
Commercial sector
Yes – 25, No – 0
Are the building energy efficiency standards required to be updated on a regular basis to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for building energy efficiency in each sector
Residential sector
Yes – 25, No – 0
Commercial sector
Yes – 25, No – 0
Building energy information
Is there a mandatory standardized rating or labeling system for the energy performance of existing buildings?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Are commercial and residential buildings required to disclose property energy usage at the point of sale or when leased?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Are large commercial and residential buildings required to disclose property energy usage annually?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Building energy efficiency incentives
Are there mandates or targets for new building stocks to achieve high quality energy efficiency certifications, such as LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) (e.g. percentage of new building stocks that must be LEED certified)?
Is there a national database or national reporting system to periodically track and report the following transport efficiency metrics
Fuel per mile driven
Yes to 1 or more – 100, No to all – 0
Average distance traveled per vehicle
Yes to 1 or more – 100, No to all – 0
Distance traveled by public transit as a share of total passenger distance traveled
Yes to 1 or more – 100, No to all – 0
Vehicle miles traveled per capita
Yes to 1 or more – 100, No to all – 0
Other
Yes to 1 or more – 100, No to all – 0
Private transport
Are there any mandate or incentive programs that support reduction of transport demands or shifts to more energy efficient modes of transport for personal use, such as
Regularly scheduled teleworking
Yes to 1 or more – 50, No to all – 0
Bicycle and/or other non-motorized schemes
Yes to 1 or more – 50, No to all – 0
Car sharing
Yes to 1 or more – 50, No to all – 0
Public transit subsidies for consumers
Yes to 1 or more – 50, No to all – 0
Congestion charges
Yes to 1 or more – 50, No to all – 0
Electric vehicle programs
Yes to 1 or more – 50, No to all – 0
Other
Yes to 1 or more – 50, No to all – 0
Is there a requirement for periodic reporting to verify compliance or progress of the program(s)?
Yes – 50, No, 0
Commercial and/or industrial transport
Are there any mandate or incentive programs that support reduction of transport demands or shifts to more energy efficient modes of transport for commercial and/or industrial use, such as
Heavy duty vehicle fuel economy standards (data already collected in Indicator 10 can be scored here)
Yes to 1 or more – 50, No to all – 0
Freight rail mandatory fuel economy standards or efficiency incentives
Yes to 1 or more – 50, No to all – 0
Energy efficiency procurement standards or incentives for municipal rail and bus fleets
Yes to 1 or more – 50, No to all – 0
Efficient fuel switching mandate or incentive programs for commercial/industrial vehicle fleets
Yes to 1 or more – 50, No to all – 0
Other
Yes to 1 or more – 50, No to all – 0
Is there a requirement for periodic reporting to verify compliance or progress of the program(s)?
Is there a carbon pricing mechanism (eg: carbon tax, emissions trading scheme) implemented in the country, covering part or all of the country's greenhouse gas emissions?
Yes – 50, No, 0
Is there a monitoring, reporting and verification system for greenhouse gas emissions in place?
Is the RE target linked to international commitments (eg. NDC or regional commitment)?
Yes – 16.7, No – 0
Is the target based on a transparent methodology?
Yes – 16.7, No – 0
Is there a renewable energy action plan or strategy to attain the target ?
Yes – 16.7, No – 0
Is there any provision for consultation with the public on the renewable plan?
Yes – 16.7, No – 0
Electricity- Targets and Plans
Is there an assessment of the role of renewables in electricity supply?
Yes – 50,No – 0
Is there a target for renewables in electricity?
Yes – 50,No – 0
Heating and Cooling- Targets and Plans
Is there an assessment of the needs for heating and cooling in buildings and industry in the country and of how renewables can contribute?
Yes – 50,No – 0
Is there a specific target for renewables for heating and cooling?
Yes – 50,No – 0
Transport- Targets and Plans
Is there an assessment of the potential role for renewables in transport including biofuels and electrification?
Yes – 50,No – 0
Is there a specific target for renewables in transport?
Yes – 50,No – 0
Institutions and Meeting Targets
Does the renewable plan or strategy estimate the amount of investment necessary to meet the RE target?
Yes – 20,No – 0
Is there an institution responsible for tracking progress in renewable energy development?
Yes – 20,No – 0
Is there any periodic reporting mechanism for renewable energy progress?
Yes – 20,No – 0
Is there a mechanism for adjusting the plan based on reporting of renewable energy deployment?
Yes – 20,No – 0
Is current policy environment conducive to renewable energy deployment?
Yes – 20,No – 0
Renewable energy in generation and transmission planning
Is generation and transmission planning integrated?
Yes – 25,No – 0
Is planning for dispatch included in the generation and transmission plan?
Yes – 25,No – 0
Is the generation plan based on a probabilistic approach?
Yes – 25,No – 0
Does the current transmission planning consider renewable energy scale-up?
Yes – 25,No – 0
Resource data and siting
Does the government endorse and use the solar/wind resource maps and data applicable to their country that are available through the Global Solar Atlas / Global Wind Atlas, or have they published some other solar/wind resource map that conforms to best practice in the last five years?
Yes – 33.33, No – 0
Has the country carried out geospatial planning or produced zoning guidance to inform the commercial development of the RE resource?
Yes – 33.33, No – 0
Has the geospatial planning or zoning guidance been carried out according to best practice by: i) being undertaken as part of a strategic environmental and social assessment or equivalent process; and ii) by making the outputs publically available?
Does the country offer long term PPA’s for renewable electricity production for large scale producers(e.g. via. feed-in-tariffs, PPA’s awarded through auctions etc.)
Yes – 25, No – 0
Does the country offer long term PPA’s for renewable electricity production for small scale producers(e.g. via. feed-in-tariffs, PPA’s awarded through auctions etc.)
Yes – 25, No – 0
Does the government publish clear and practical guidance on what permissions are required to develop a RE electricity project?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Does the government offer other direct fiscal incentives for renewable electricity (e.g. capital subsidies, grants or rebates, investment tax credits, tax reductions, production tax credits, FITs for large producers?)
Yes – 25, No – 0
Electricity Grid access and dispatch
Does the country provide prioritized access to the grid for RE?
Yes – 20, No – 0
Do RE projects receive priority in dispatch?
Yes – 20, No – 0
Are there provisions to compensate seller if offtake infrastructure is not built in time?
Yes – 20, No – 0
Are there mechanisms to compensate RE projects for lost generation due to certain curtailments after project commissioning?
Yes – 20, No – 0
Is the compensation due because of curtailment actually given out.
Yes – 20, No – 0
Financial and regulatory support for Transport
Is there a biofuels blending mandate or other obligation to use biofuels?
Yes – 25, No – 0
Are there sustainability criteria which biofuels which contribute to the mandate must meet?
Yes – 25, No – 0
If there is a plan for producing biofuels in the country, has this included an assessment of sustainability impacts (e.g. against the GBEP Sustainability indicators) including an assessment of impacts on food security.
Yes – 25, No – 0
Is there at least one scheme to encourage use of electric/hybrid vehicles? (e.g. Tax benefit to consumers and manufacturers, etc.)
Yes – 25, No – 0
Financial and regulatory support for Heating and Cooling
Are there any policies to encourage deployment of any renewable energy heating and cooling technologies?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Are there specific measures (financial support or promotion) designed to encourage the use of renewables in the heating and cooling sectors?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Are opportunities for renewable heat promoted alongside energy efficiency measures in buildings and/or industry?
Does the country have a grid code that clearly specifies connection procedures?
Yes – 20, No – 0
Do the connection procedures meet international best practices?
Yes – 20, No – 0
Does the grid code include measures or standards addressing variable renewable energy?
Yes – 20, No – 0
Are there rules defining the allocation of connection costs?
Yes – 20, No – 0
Is the type of the connection cost allocation policy considered shallow (grid operator pays for connection costs)?
Yes – 20, No – 0
Network usage and pricing
Are there rules that allow electricity customers to purchase power directly from a third party (i.e. an entity other than the designated utility in a service area)?
Yes – 50, No – 0
Do the rules define the size and allocation of costs for use of the transmission and distribution system (e.g. wheeling charges, locational pricing?)
Yes – 50, No – 0
Renewable grid integration
Does the country carry out regular assessments of the flexibility of the electricity grid and the issues relating to renewables integration?
Yes – 16.7, No - 0
Can renewable energy projects sell into balancing/ancillary services?
Yes – 16.7, No - 0
Are there rules for exchanging power between balancing areas that penalize variable renewable energy, e.g. through imbalance penalties? (only scored in countries with multiple balancing areas)
Yes – 16.7, No - 0
Are there provisions in the power exchange rules that allow for plant forecasting? (only scored in countries with multiple balancing areas)
Yes – 16.7, No - 0
Does the country integrate high quality forecasting for any variable RE resources (either through subscription service or provided by national agencies) into their dispatch operations?
Yes – 16.7, No - 0
Are dispatch operations being carried out in real time?
Are the following financial ratios of the counterparty deemed creditworthy?
Current ratio
<1 -- 0 in between -- scale >= 1.2 – 25
EBITDA margin
<0 – 0 in between -- scale >= 15% -- 25
Debt service coverage ratio
<1 – 0 in between -- scale >= 1.2 – 25
Days payable outstanding
>180 – 0 in between -- scale <=90 -- 25
Payment risk mitigation
Is the counterparty underwritten by a government guarantee or are there other mechanisms to ensure credit worthiness (e.g. through a letter of credit, escrow account, payment guarantee, or other)?
Yes- 50, No-0
Are standard PPAs bankable?
Yes- 50, No-0
Utility Transparency and Monitoring
Are the financial statements of the largest utility publicly available in the following categories?
Generation
Yes – 25/8, No - 0
Transmission
Yes – 25/8, No - 0
Distribution
Yes – 25/8, No - 0
Retail sales
Yes – 25/8, No - 0
If yes, are they audited by an independent auditor for the following categories of utilities?
Generation
Yes – 25/8, No - 0
Transmission
Yes – 25/8, No - 0
Distribution
Yes – 25/8, No - 0
Retail sales
Yes – 25/8, No - 0
Are the following metrics published in a primary official document (by the utility, regulator or ministry and/or government)?
Generation - Electricity available for sale to end-users
Yes – 25/4, No - 0
Transmission - Transmission loss rate
Yes – 25/4, No - 0
Distribution - Distribution loss rate
Yes – 25/4, No - 0
Retail Sales – Bill collection rate
Yes – 25/4, No - 0
Is the utility operating an incidence/outage recording system (or SCADA/EMS with such functionality)?
Yes – 25, No - 0
Is the utility measuring the SAIDI and SAIFI or any other measurements for service reliability?
Yes – 25/3, No - 0
Are the measurements reported to the regulatory body?
Is there a carbon pricing mechanism (eg: carbon tax, emissions trading scheme) implemented in the country, covering part or all of the country's greenhouse gas emissions?
Yes – 50, No – 0
Is there a monitoring, reporting and verification system for greenhouse gas emissions in place?
Does the government track household level data on cooking solutions?
Yes – 50, No – 0
Is the data publicly available?
Yes – 50, No – 0
Is the data gender disaggregated?
Existence of plan
Is there a national or regional plan to scale up access to clean cooking solutions, or is access to clean cooking solutions covered as a part of any other government plan (regardless of the sector)?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
If not, is there a draft plan that has been prepared but not yet been approved?
If yes, when was the latest national plan officially approved?
Has the plan gone through public consultation?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Have consultations taken the gender of participants into account?
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Institutional Capacity
Are there agencies dedicated to the following functions?
Setting clean cooking strategy/action plan
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Setting, monitoring and enforcing standards for clean cooking solutions
Yes – 33.3, No – 0
Tracking access and adoption of clean cooking solutions
Are there specific financing facilities available to support suppliers/consumers to develop/purchase clean cooking solutions?
Yes – 50, No – 0
Are there specific financing or subsidy programs for clean cooking solutions targeted to low income consumers?
Yes – 50, No – 0
Supplier incentives
Are there duty exemptions, tax benefits, and/or subsidies to support clean cooking solutions?
Yes – 50, No – 0
Are there programs for commercial entities to invest in efficient, low-emission stoves? (time stamping) Please indicate the year in which each program was first made available
