4. Power Africa MEL Plan (English).pdf

POWER AFRICA MONITORING, EVALUATION AND

LEARNING PLAN

Date: May 30, 2022

CONTENTS

Acronyms 5

INTRODUCTION 7

Purpose 8 Objectives 8 Guiding Principles 8

Performance Monitoring Plan 10 Results Framework 10 Performance Monitoring Plan 13

DATA QUALITY ASSESSMENT (DQA) PROCEDURES 27

EVALUATION PLAN 28

COLLABORATION, LEARNING, AND ADAPTING PLAN 28

REPORTING 29

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 30

DATA COLLECTION 32

Standard Operating procedure (SOP) for MegaWatts Reporting 33 Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Counting and Verifying Connections Data 33

ANNEX I – PERFORMANCE INDICATOR REFERENCE SHEETS 102

ANNEX II – EVALUATION PLAN 106

ANNEX III – COLLABORATING, LEARNING, AND ADAPTING PLAN 114

ANNEX IV – PRECISE INDICATOR DEFINITIONS 120

ANNEX V – DATA QUALITY ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET 122

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

FIGURE 1. POWER AFRICA RESULTS FRAMEWORK 7

TABLE 1. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH INTERMEDIATE RESULTS 8

TABLE 2. PERFORMANCE INDICATOR SUMMARY TABLE 11

TABLE 3. POWER AFRICA MEL REPORTING SCHEDULE 20

TABLE 4. EVALUATION TIMELINE 73

TABLE 5. CLA ACTIVITY TIMELINE 81

TABLE 6. CLA ACTIVITIES SUMMARY 82

ACRONYMS

ADS Automated Directive System ALSF African Legal Support Facility AM Activity Manager AOR Agreement Officer’s Representative BTG Beyond the Grid CE Clean Energy CCIR Cross-cutting Intermediate result CLDP Commercial Legal Development Program CLEER Clean Energy Emission Reduction CO2 Carbon Dioxide CO2e Carbon Dioxide-Equivalent COD Commercial Operations Date COR Contracting Officer’s Representative CP Conditions Precedent DD Deputy Director DER Distributed Energy Resource DFC Development Finance Corporation DO Development Objective DOC Department of Commerce DOE Department of Energy DPs Development Partners DQA Data Quality Assessment EAEP East Africa Energy Program EAGP East Africa Geothermal Partnership EPC Engineering/Procurement/Construction ESS Energy Storage System EX-IM Export-Import Bank of the United States FAA Foreign Assistance Act FC Financial Close FY Fiscal Year GHG Greenhouse Gas GLI Gender Lens Investing GOGLA Global Off-Grid Solar Forum GWP Global Warming Potential EAPP East Africa Power Pool IMs Implementing Mechanisms IPs Implementing Partners IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change kV Kilovolt M&E Monitoring & Evaluation

MAIFI Momentary Average Interruption Frequency Index MCC Millennium Challenge Corporation MEL Monitoring Evaluation & Learning MOU Memorandum of Understanding MWh Megawatt-hour MW Megawatt N2O Nitrous Oxide NARUC National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners NGO Non-Governmental Organization NPSP Nigeria Power Sector Program OPIC Overseas Private Investment Corporation OU Operating Unit PAAP Powering African Agriculture Program PAIS Power Africa Information System PAOP Power Africa Off-Grid Program PAPO Power Africa Partnership Office PA-SAG Power Africa Senior Advisors Group PATT Power Africa Tracking Tool PAYGO Pay As You Go PFAN Private Financing Advisory Network PIRS Performance Indicators Reference Sheet POC Point of Contact PPA Power Purchase Agreement PRO Power Africa Program Office PPR Performance Plan and Report PSP Private Sector Partner PV Photovoltaic QTAT Qualified Transactions Assistance Tool RM Relationship Manager SAEP Southern Africa Energy Program SAPP Southern Africa Power Pool SAG Senior Advisors Group SAIDI System Average Interruption Duration Index SAIFI System Average Interruption Frequency Index SEAM Scaling Energy Access Markets in Africa SEFA Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa SOP Standard Operating Procedures SSA Sub-Saharan Africa TA Transaction Advisor tCO2e Tons of Carbon Dioxide-Equivalent USADF United States African Development Foundation USAID United States Agency for International Development

USEA United States Energy Association USAS Unlocking Southern Africa Solar USG United States Government USTDA United States Trade and Development Agency WAEP West Africa Energy Program WAPP West Africa Power Pool WB World Bank WRI World Resources Institute

Definitions

Access Business or household has use of electric power through a grid connection or an off-grid product or system

Amount Mobilized Finance mobilized (or leveraged), enabled through USG and/or Power Africa partner assistance, for actions, activities, projects, or programs that avoid, reduce, or sequester GHGs from clean energy activities (See Indicator 3.2.1. for broader definition)

Clean Energy Power generated from the following renewable resources: wind, tidal, solar, geothermal, hydro, biomass, biogas and green hydrogen

Commissioned The state of an engineering project designed to increase electricity access having been installed and tested; with fully trained operations, maintenance, and management staff in place; viable and sustainable financial management plans in place; and deemed ready for service

Commissioning The process of ensuring that systems are designed, installed, functionally tested, and capable of being operated (General Administration, State of Washington)

Conditions Precedent An event which must occur, unless its non-occurrence is excused, before performance under a contract becomes due, i.e., before any contractual duty exists (Restatement (Second of the Law of Contracts 1981)

Connections Actual direct connections reflect the actual number of new households, businesses, and public institutions that have access to electricity through on-grid and off-grid connections, through interventions provided by Power Africa.

Development Objective The most ambitious result of an initiative, implemented through the U.S.

Government (USG), for which the USG will be held accountable to demonstrate

Development Partner A bilateral or multilateral institution or technical agency with a mandate to pursue activities that support development objectives and partner with Power Africa

Financial Close Achieved when each of the conditions precedent to the initial drawdown of funds under a credit agreement are either satisfied by the project company, as borrower, or waived by the project lender(s) ( Hoffman,1998)1

Implies the project company has concluded with project lenders a complete package of permanent financing on a nonrecourse or limited recourse basis, where permanent financing involves debt with a grace period equal to the construction period plus a repayment period of at least 10 years on reasonable terms and conditions.

Greenhouse Gas A gas in the earth's atmosphere that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing the sun's radiation and warming the atmosphere. The primary greenhouse gas responsible for anthropogenic climate.

Interagency partner USG institution that partners with Power Africa

Investment leveraged The term “leverage” is used by development agencies as the ability of a public financial commitment to mobilize a larger multiple of private capital for investment in a specific project or undertaking ( see 3.2.2)

Marginalized Marginalized groups may include, but are certainly not limited to, women; youth; children in adversity and their families; older persons;

persons with disabilities; LGBTQI+ people; displaced persons; migrants;

Indigenous Peoples and communities; non-dominant religious, racial, and ethnic groups; people of castes traditionally considered lower; people of lower socioeconomic status; and people with unmet mental health needs.

USAID defines marginalized groups as people who are typically denied access to legal protection or social and economic participation and programs, whether in practice or in principle, for historical, cultural, political, and/or other contextual reasons.

Megawatt A unit of power equal to one million watts; measure of the output of a power station.

Megawatt-Hour A unit of energy, especially electrical energy, equal to the work done by one watt acting for one hour and equivalent to 3,600 joules.

Metro-grid Larger type of mini-grid, typically in the megawatt scale, that serve a

1 Hoffman L. (1998) The Law and Business of International Project Finance. pp. 702 densely populated urban area.

Mini-grid or Micro-grid An off-grid system that involves small-scale electricity generation (typically ten kilowatts to one megawatt) that serves a limited number of consumers via a distribution grid that can operate in isolation from, or in conjunction with, national electricity transmission networks (The preferred term for Power Africa usage is mini-grid.)

Non-Power Africa Program Power transactions in sub-Saharan Africa that are being tracked in the PATT system and which will need to be assessed to ensure they meet PA criteria (see ANNEX IV) to become a PA transaction.

Private sector partner For Power Africa this refers to a business or institution working in the energy sector, owned by individuals and established for profit making

Qualified Transaction “Qualified transaction” is any power project in sub-Saharan Africa that is eligible to receive Power Africa support based on the type of technology used. Qualified Transactions include both Power Africa transactions and non-Power Africa transactions for which there is sufficient information to be verified. To be considered a Qualified Transaction, an analysis must be performed to determine if the project meets Power Africa’s criteria.

For coal and nuclear power projects, the Technical Office will decide on whether or not to support the project (See ANNEX IV)

Transaction A specific power generation, transmission, or distribution development activity.

Utility scale In comparison to a mini-grid and metro-grid, an electrical plant operating in the hundreds of megawatt scale can serve multiple geographic areas, often requiring a transmission infrastructure.

INTRODUCTION

Power Africa is an innovative, private-sector-led initiative aimed at doubling electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where more than 570 million people currently lack access to electricity. In response, Power Africa seeks to increase Africa’s generation capacity by 30,000 megawatts (MW) and increase electricity access by at least 60 million household and business connections through transaction support, capacity-building, enabling environment reform, and increased investments in off-grid and small-scale energy solutions by 2030. Power Africa’s private-sector partners have also committed to investing more than $40 billion in power projects across the continent.

To meet these goals, Power Africa developed a strategic document known as the Power Africa Roadmap2 to show how the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other U.S. Government (USG) agencies, in partnership with the private sector, donors, and host country governments, would increase access to electricity. In 2018, Power Africa revisited this roadmap and introduced a revised strategy known as Power Africa 2.0.3. While maintaining focus on supply and electrification, efforts to improve the enabling environment and encourage U.S. investment in the African energy sector have been elevated and given specific goals. This was the result of consultations with interagency and private-sector partners (PSPs) on where Power Africa could utilize its comparative advantage to have the greatest impact.

In 2022, Power Africa revised its development goal and objectives to refocus its efforts on ending energy poverty, accelerating a carbon-free future, and increasing investment and innovation in the energy sector.

Power Africa-sponsored interventions will continue to strengthen African energy regulatory frameworks, empower African energy institutions, and encourage environmentally and socially responsible investment. Cumulatively, these efforts will support key results to advance sustainable development across SSA.

The Power Africa Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Plan provides a strategic framework for Power Africa’s performance management tasks which will assess progress towards its three development objectives: 1) ending energy poverty; 2) accelerating a carbon-free future; and 3) bolstering competitive private-sector investment and innovation in the energy sector. This document outlines a common approach to the collection and analysis of information on Power Africa’s efforts to manage for results.

This MEL Plan is forward looking and is applicable for new activity design and implementation. It does not apply retroactively to activities already under implementation.

The MEL Plan guides Power Africa’s efforts to monitor and manage a core set of performance indicators that reflect appropriate targets, baselines, and data collection and analysis. This includes the following:

1. Revised Results Framework and associated narrative;

2. Performance monitoring plan, which includes indicators and their application;

3. Performance indicator reference sheets (PIRS), which provide further details and references on the components and applications of each indicator;

4. Data quality assessment (DQA) standards and procedures for maintaining data quality;

5. Evaluation plan to plan for and track activity performance evaluations; and

3 POWER AFRICA 2.0 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw7QIlIswE4gZFdTR2o3SlFjRkRVRDdCYmN5NmxrZ0ltV0tr/view)

2 POWER AFRICA ROADMAP (https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/powerafrica/roadmap) https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0BxAydLYaffT2S3htRzBiS01INTg https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0BxAydLYaffT2S3htRzBiS01INTg https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0BxAydLYaffT2S3htRzBiS01INTg https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uQfR2L6pOHhTLgGXRs0U55D4BXMRVvwkdp9GepYrrm4/edit https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw7QIlIswE4gZFdTR2o3SlFjRkRVRDdCYmN5NmxrZ0ltV0tr/view https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/powerafrica/roadmap

6. Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Plan and Strategy for Power Africa’s work, internally and externally.

The MEL Plan is intended to be a living document that provides the basis for continuous assessment and learning about Power Africa’s progress achieved towards its intended results. This plan will be reviewed annually to ensure our MEL approaches and tasks are adapted effectively as needs evolve.

PURPOSE

The Power Africa MEL Plan establishes the foundation for monitoring and evaluating the results of the initiative and presents approaches to learning that enable decision-makers to adapt program implementation based on knowledge and evidence. Performance monitoring of all project activities will be done in accordance with the USAID monitoring and evaluation policy outlined in Automated Directive System (ADS) 201. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities provide evidence that informs decisions regarding program implementation and ensures effective and efficient use of resources.

OBJECTIVES

The MEL Plan objectives include the following:

● Provide guidelines for data collection, management, and reporting to ensure that high-quality data is collected and reported by partners and managed and disseminated by USAID staff;

● Strengthen skills and capacity of Power Africa staff and partners for effective monitoring, reporting, and data management;

● Regularly track partner progress against targets;

● Standardize MEL methodologies and tools across Power Africa-sponsored project portfolio so that meaningful performance comparisons can be made over time; and

● Facilitate learning, knowledge management, and sharing of crucial lessons to inform current and future projects.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

The Power Africa MEL Plan sets a high bar in terms of quality, consistency, and useability of data collected, as well as subsequent learning activities. The plan is underpinned by four guiding principles:

DATA IS RELIABLE AND HIGH QUALITY: Quality data should meet five key data-quality standards:

validity, reliability, precision, integrity, and timeliness (definitions of these standards can be found in the Data Quality Assessment Procedures section). Adherence to these data standards by both Power Africa and partners is enabled through the provision of monitoring and evaluation capacity-building, standard monitoring and reporting tools and guidelines, and undertaking regular and periodic data verification and support visits.

ACTIVITIES AND PARTNERS ARE ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPARENT: Power Africa MEL systems will ensure that all projects, activities, and partnerships meet their obligations in a manner that is transparent to USAID, local government, and intended (and unintended) beneficiaries. Accurate and useful data will be regularly and appropriately shared.

DATA COLLECTION AND MONITORING IS PERFORMED ETHICALLY: Monitoring and evaluation processes will uphold confidentiality, respectability, and integrity coupled with fair, accurate, evidence-based reporting.

LEARNING IS PRIORITIZED AND FACILITATED: Intentional learning will be facilitated and promoted through ongoing monitoring, portfolio reviews, evaluations, documentation and use of lessons learned, and other activities (see the Collaboration, Learning and Adapting Plan under Annex III).

PERFORMANCE MONITORING PLAN

A targeted, efficient, and achievable performance monitoring plan is the core of an effective MEL Plan.

This section presents the updated Power Africa Performance Monitoring Plan, which includes (i) the current Power Africa Results Framework and associated narrative, (ii) an overall monitoring plan, inclusive of all core indicators cross-referenced to the results framework, and finally (iii) a performance indicator summary, which is supported by a PIRS (see Annex I) for each indicator.

RESULTS FRAMEWORK

The goal of Power Africa is to advance sub-Saharan African development through universal access to clean energy. It seeks to achieve this goal through a multi-faceted approach that includes on-the-ground activities that provide technical assistance and capacity-building, as well as through strategic partnerships with both the public and private sectors to leverage financing and pool efforts for maximum impacts.

Work streams focus on both on- and off-grid energy provision and include an explicit focus on supporting and facilitating energy-sector transactions.

Power Africa’s interventions are intended to increase first-time access to energy for millions of Africans at their homes and businesses; expand access to rural and marginalized communities; promote clean energy operations; and support utility strengthening for grid expansion, extension, densification, and increased reliability and affordability of power for end users. To accelerate a carbon-free future, Power Africa activities will seek to decarbonize the electricity sector, support a just transition to clean energy, support utilities to improve the efficiency of their grids, and strengthen power pools to increase interconnection and cross-border power trade to deliver more clean energy to end users.

To achieve its ambitious goal, Power Africa works through three development objectives (DO), illustrated within the Power Africa Results Framework (Figure 1 below): 1) Ending energy poverty; 2) Accelerating a carbon-free future; and 3) Bolstering competitive private-sector investment and innovation in the energy sector. It should be noted that portions of this strategy (such as IR 3.1 – increased exports of U.S. clean energy goods and services in Africa) are anticipated for achievement by the broader Power Africa partnership (beyond simply USAID-funded activities), including partners within the interagency, private-sector, and donor community. The strategy will also prioritize implementation of USG gender equality-related initiatives, strategies, and policies to strengthen gender equality and female empowerment across all interventions. The overall approach to developing the MEL Plan is based on a defined strategic results framework (Figure 1). Power Africa uses its Results Framework to inform all functions of its MEL approach, which includes the selection of appropriate indicators, pinpointing learning needs, and targeting resources for MEL actions.

An Interagency Approach

Power Africa is a broad interagency effort, coordinated by USAID, and inclusive of 12 USG partner agencies, as stipulated by law. Given this, the Power Africa Results Framework includes development objectives and intermediate results that are supported, and at times led, by interagency partners. These areas include the following:

IR 2.2: National and Regional Planning for Just Clean Energy Transitions Supported: Many of the USG’s bilateral and regional engagements on clean energy transitions are being led, or supported, by interagency partners with a strong foreign policy and/or trade relationship, given the criticality of our bilateral relationships to achieve energy transition goals. This includes the leadership of the Department of State, as well as support from the Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Department of Energy (DOE), and others.

DO 3: Bolstering competitive private-sector investment and innovation in the energy sector:

Improving the investment in climate and enabling environment requires a broad suite of support and capacity-building. Such support ranges from technical (e.g., legal frameworks, procurement support) to financial (e.g., improved access to debt, risk identification and management). As such, DO 3 requires the engagement of a broad range of USG partners beyond USAID, including the DFC, U.S.

Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) , the Departments of Treasury and Commerce, and others.

IR 3.1: Increased Exports of U.S. Clean Energy Goods and Services in Africa: While USAID remains the coordinator for efforts to better connect U.S. companies and industries with energy markets in Africa, this process is largely supported, and at times led, by the Department of Commerce, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im), USTDA, and others that have a broader domestic-international mandate.

IR 3.3 Increased Investment in and Utilization of Advanced Energy Technologies: Similar to IR 3.1, improving the relationships and connections between African and U.S. industries and companies is critical to increasing African access to advanced and clean technologies and expanded investment within this sector. Related activities are supported, and at times led, by USG agencies that have strong domestic mandates and relationships, such as DOE, USTDA, and others.

Figure 1. Power Africa Results Framework

PERFORMANCE MONITORING PLAN

Power Africa’s performance monitoring strategy described in this section is associated with the intermediate results depicted in the Power Africa Results Framework (see Figure 1). Monitoring is crucial to capturing the ongoing success of Power Africa’s interventions, and data collected through performance monitoring will be used to illustrate progress at specified intervals. The performance monitoring plan consists of indicators to track output provision and outcome achievement, associated PIRSs that document the definition, purpose, and methodology for each indicator, and a performance tracking table to be updated regularly with baseline values, targets, and actual achievements. Reporting on these indicators will be prescribed by the guidelines detailed in each PIRS ( Annex I).

Table 1 below illustrates the alignment between Power Africa intermediate results and performance indicators.

Table 1. Performance Indicators Associated with Intermediate Results

Intermediate Result Outcome Indicator(s) Output Indicator(s)

DO

IR 1.1 Improved energy access for households

1.1.2 Estimated number of beneficiaries:

Number of beneficiaries with actual access to connections (PA#5)

1.1.1 Electricity Access: Number of new on- and off-grid actual direct connections (PA#3)

1.1.3 Number of productive-use, off-grid devices or systems sold as a result of USG/Power Africa assistance (PA#27)

IR 1.2 Increased clean energy for health and basic human services

1.2.1 Number of public facilities electrified

IR 1.3 Increased business and employment opportunities, particularly for women, by improved access to energy

1.3.1 Number of employed women benefiting

from on-the-job, technical, or professional development training as a result of Power Africa assistance

[also applicable: 1.1.1 Electricity access: Number of new on- and off-grid actual direct connections (businesses)]

IR 1.4 Improved energy access for marginalized populations

1.1.1 Electricity Access: Number of new on- and off-grid actual direct connections (PA#3)

Intermediate Result Outcome Indicator(s) Output Indicator(s)

DO

IR 2.1 Increased clean energy generation to reduce current and future carbon emissions

2.1.1 Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, estimated in metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e), reduced, sequestered, or avoided through clean energy as supported by USG assistance (EG. 12-6)

(PA#21)

2.1.2 Projected GHG emissions reduced or

avoided from adopted laws, policies, regulations, or technologies related to clean energy as supported by USG assistance (EG.

12-7)

2.1.3 Number of competitive procurements for new generation

capacity implemented with USG Power Africa assistance (PA#24)

2.1.4 Transactions Reached Financial Close: Number of

transactions that have achieved financial close (PA#9)

2.1.5 Additional Power Generation Capacity at Financial Close:

Number of MW from transactions that have achieved financial close (PA#8)

IR 2.2 Supported national and regional planning for just clean energy transitions

2.2.1 Number of host -government power-sector strategic

planning documents adopted, revised, and/or implemented with USG assistance (PA#26)

DO

IR 3.1 Increased exports of U.S. clean energy goods and services in Africa

3.1.1 Number of companies participating in Power Africa

projects and transactions (PA#30)

IR 3.2 Strengthened enabling environment for clean energy investment

3.2.1 Amount of investment mobilized (USD)

for clean energy as supported by USG assistance (EG12-4; PA#14)

3.2.2 USG Investment Leverage: Total public

and private funds leveraged by USG for energy projects (PA#13)

3.2.3 Training and Capacity-Building Activities: Number of

people trained in technical energy fields with USG assistance

(PA#18)

3.2.4 Policy Reforms: Number of national or regional laws, policies, regulations, or standards to enhance energy-sector governance formally proposed, adopted, or implemented with USG assistance (PA#23)

3.2.5 Number of institutions with improved capacity to address clean energy issues with USG assistance (EG. 12-2)

Intermediate Result Outcome Indicator(s) Output Indicator(s)

IR 3.3 Increased investment and utilization of advanced energy technologies

3.3.1 MW and megawatt-hours (MWh) of energy storage and

energy generation from new advanced energy technologies that reach financial close

IR 3.4 Encouraged socially inclusive and environmentally responsible energy investment

3.4.1 Number of institutions adopting policies or procedures to promote gender equity in the energy-sector workforce as a result of Power Africa support

XC

DO

CCIR: Strengthened and expanded grids delivering more power to end users

4.1.1 Kilometers of transmission and

distribution power lines that reached financial close with USG, Development Partner (DP), or private (PSP) support (PA #20).

4.1.2 Kilometers of Constructed or

Rehabilitated Power Lines: The sum of linear kilometers of new, reconstructed, rehabilitated, or upgraded transmission and distribution lines that have been energized, tested, and commissioned/installed with USG, DP, or PSP support (PA #19).

4.1.3 Aggregate Losses: Aggregate technical, commercial, and collection electricity losses reduced/avoided as a result of Power Africa assistance (PA#22)

4.1.4 Regional Electricity Trade: New

electricity capacity in MW and MWh committed for regional trade through power purchase agreements (PPAs) with USG assistance (PA#12)

4.1.5 Additional Power Capacity Commissioned: Number of

MW from transactions that have been commissioned (PA#10).

4.1.6 Number of transactions that have been commissioned as a result of PA support (PA#11)

4.1.7 Electricity transmission capacity (MWs) supported by USG assistance

4.1.8 Number of Power Africa-supported utilities with improved performance (reduction in frequency of outages, and duration of outages)

All indicators require strong baselines and targets to measure progress and assess when deviating significantly from a set target. Indicator targets will be ambitious but achievable, such that Power Africa will be accountable for assessing progress.

The Performance Indicator Summary (Table 2) provides an overview of all Power Africa performance indicators. It includes a brief description of the indicator and information on the frequency of data collection, responsible party for data collection, and how data will be acquired. Key details about each indicator, including the specific methods used to collect data, are described in detail in each PIRS in Annex 1.

Table 2. Performance Indicator Summary Table

# Performance Indicator Description Unit of Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party

1.1.1 Electricity Access:

Number of new on-and off-grid actual direct connections

(PA#3)

Disaggregation:

Type of Connection:

➢ # of actual new on-grid connections

➢ # of actual or metered on-grid connections

○ # of actual or metered off-grid connections

○ # of mini-grid connections

○ # of new solar home system connections

○ # of solar lantern connections

➢ USG vs partners

➢ Type of Enterprise:

○ # Residential connections

○ # Business (commercial and/or industrial) connections

Number of connections

Quarterly On-grid connections (actual): national and private utilities’ customer profiles and connection documents;

procurement documents for meters associated with grid expansion; project documents

Off-grid connections (actual): sales or installation of systems where support has been provided

Power Africa private-sector partners report via Sector Lead RMs in

PAIS

USG-funded mechanisms report via MEL POCs/AORs/CORs /AMs in PAIS Implementing Mechanisms that provided technical assistance to the off-grid company report via its MEL POCs in PAIS (see significant technical assistance definitions section below)

# Performance Indicator Description Unit of Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party

○ # of Unknown

○ #of connections for marginalized people (e.g, refugees)

1.1.2 Estimated Number of

Beneficiaries: Number of beneficiaries with actual access to connections (PA#5)

Disaggregation:

● Type of beneficiaries:

o # of new on-grid beneficiaries o # of new off-grid beneficiaries

▪ # of new mini-grid beneficiaries

▪ # of new solar home system beneficiaries

▪ # of new solar lantern beneficiaries

● Countries

● USG vs Development/Private partners

Number of beneficiaries

Quarterly For standalone systems such as solar home systems and solar lanterns, data will be calculated from the direct connection component by using the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum (GOGLA) discount methodology

Data will be calculated by the Power Africa MEL Specialist and entered in the Power Africa Information System

(PAIS)

1.1.3 Number of

productive-use off-grid devices or systems sold as a result of Power Africa

Disaggregation:

● Country

● Type of device or system

○ Solar Water Pumps–Health

Number of devices

Quarterly Sales records from USG partner off-grid companies that sell productive-use electric appliances

Power Africa MEL team, AOR/CORs of USAID Implementing Mechanisms

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party assistance (PA#27) ○ Solar Water Pumps–Domestic/Bu siness

○ Refrigerators–Health

○ Refrigerators–Dome stic/Business

○ Solar Energy Storage

System

○ Schools–Institutional

Solar Power System

○ Health–Institutional

Solar Power System

○ Water Purification

Device

○ Fishing Lights

○ Maize Mills

○ Welding Equipment

○ Carpentry

Equipment

○ Business

Entertainment System

○ Salon Equipment

○ Micron Sprayers

○ Battery Stick Kits

○ Solar Power

System/Solar generator

○ E-mobility (E-bikes, E-buses)

Count of productive-use off-grid devices or systems (e.g., food processing machines, water pumps, refrigerators) sold as a result of support provided by USG to off-grid companies reporting on this indicator, RMs of Agencies, and RMs Sector Leads collecting data from the private sector as well as donor partners

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party

○ Solar charging systems ( e-bike/e-bus charging stations)

○ Public Address Kit

○ Sewing Machine Kit

○ Phone Charging

Station Kit

○ Solar-Powered

Agro-Processing Machines

○ Solar Irrigation Equipment

○ Other

I.2.I Number of public facilities electrified

Disaggregation:

# Grid connected vs. off-grid # Type of public facility # For healthcare facilities

● With maternity/delivery care

● With in-patient treatment capacity

● With out-patient treatment capacity # Country

Number of public facilities

Quarterly Count of public facilities with improved energy-production equipment and related electrical installations

1.3.1 Number of employed

women benefiting from on-the-job, technical, or professional development training

Disaggregation:

● Country of origin of the participant

● Type of training (technical or professional skills

Number of employed women receiving training

Quarterly Training/event participants ledger

Data to be collected by Implementing Partners (IPs) offering training

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party as a result of Power Africa assistance development)

2.1.1 GHG emissions, estimated in metric tons of CO2e, reduced, sequestered, or avoided through clean energy with USG assistance (EG. 12-6;

PA#21)

Disaggregation:

● USG agencies clean-energy-funded activities

● IMs clean-energy-funded activities

● Country

Number of metric tons of CO2e

Annually GHG data will be calculated from transactions that reached Commercial Operations Date (COD) by using the ICF Clean Energy Emission Reduction (CLEER) tool.

COR/AOR/Activity Manager for Implementing Mechanisms, Interagency Liaisons, and Power Africa Relationship Manager sectors lead

2.1.2 Projected GHG

emissions reduced or avoided from adopted laws, policies, regulations, or technologies related to clean energy with USG assistance (EG. 12-7)

Disaggregation:

➢ Years 1 to 5

➢ Years 6 to 10

➢ Years 11 to 15

Number of metric tons of CO2e

Annually GHG data will be calculated from transactions that reached Financial Close (FC) by using the ICF CLEER tool

COR/AOR/Activity Manager for Implementing Mechanisms, Interagency Liaisons, and Power Africa Relationship Manager sectors lead

2.1.3 Number of competitive

procurements for new generation capacity implemented with Power Africa assistance (PA#24)

Disaggregation:

● On-grid (generation, transmission, distribution) or off-grid (e.g., mini-grid meters) procurement

● Type of procurement process (e.g., reverse auction)

● Country

● USG agency that supported assistance (including Power

Number of competitive procurements

Quarterly Public announcement of procurement process, including an explanation of how Power Africa support enhanced the procurement

COR/AORs, Interagency liaisons

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party

Africa Implementing Mechanism if USAID)

2.1.4 Transactions Reached

Financial Close:

Number of transactions that have achieved financial close

(PA#9)

Disaggregation:

● Technology (e.g., hydro, solar, geothermal, wind, renewable biomass, biomass and biofuels, gas, other)

● Transaction types

○ Power generation

(new generation [clean energy vs.

other], generation expansion, rehabilitation/optimiz ation)

○ Transmission

○ Distribution

○ Off-grid

○ ESSs

● Transaction stage (Stage 1 – Pre-feasibility; Stage 2 – Feasibility/Project Development; Stage 3 – Project Structuring/Financing)

● Country

● USG vs. partner Power Africa transaction

Number of Transactions

Quarterly ▪ Quarterly submissions by IP staff into the PATT. IP staff take the lead on inputting information on transactions that they are directly supporting or they think the USG should consider supporting.

Missions review and prioritize transactions using QTAT

▪ Additional data through quarterly reports submitted by

DFC,

Power Africa MEL team, AOR/CORs of USAID Implementing Mechanisms reporting on this indicator, RMs of Agency partners, DPs, and PSPs supporting this indicator

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party

USTDA,

Ex-Im, and

MCC

▪ Updates from RMs, Sector Leads, and/or

USAID IP

staff after communicatio n with partners

2.1.5 Additional Power

Generation Capacity at Financial Close:

Number of MW from transactions that have achieved financial close

(PA#8)

Disaggregation:

● Technology (e.g., hydro, solar, geothermal, wind, renewable biomass, biomass and biofuels, gas, other)

● Transaction types o Power generation

(new generation [clean energy vs.

other], generation expansion, rehabilitation/optimiz ation)

● Transaction stage (Stage 1 – Pre-feasibility; Stage 2 – Feasibility/Project Development; Stage 3 – Project Structuring/Financing)

● Country

Number of Transactions

Quarterly ● Quarterly submissions by IM staff into the PATT.

IP staff take the lead on inputting information on transactions that they are directly supporting or they think the USG should consider supporting.

Missions review and prioritize

Power Africa MEL team, AOR/CORs of USAID Implementing Mechanisms reporting on this indicator, RMs of Agency partners, DPs, and PSPs supporting this

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party

● USG vs. partner Power Africa transaction transactions using the

QTAT

● Additional data through quarterly reports submitted by

DFC,

USTDA,

Ex-Im, and

MCC

● Updates from USG agencies, DP RMs, RMs sector leads, and/or USAID Implementing Mechanism staff after communicatio n with developers

2.2.1 Number of

host-government power-sector strategic planning documents adopted, revised, and/or implemented with USG assistance

Disaggregation: Just energy transition/Other

Just energy transition/Other

● Formally proposed, revised, adopted, and implemented

Number of planning documents

Biannually Public announcement of procurement process and relevant planning documents impacted by Power Africa entities

AOR/CORs

Interagency Liaisons

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party

(PA#26) ● Type (demand analysis, generation plan, electrification plan, master plan, transmission/distribution plan, other)

● On-grid, off-grid, or both

● Regional, national, international

● country

3.1.1 Name of Indicator:

Number of U.S.

companies participating in Power Africa Projects/Transactions as a result of USG assistance

Disaggregation:

● Organization type (association, foundation; non-governmental organization (NGO), consulting services, developer/sponsor, engineering/procurement/construc tion (EPC), equipment supplier, private equity/debt provider, transmission and distribution company)

● Small business or not a small business

● Participation pursuant to a USG supported project

Number of companies

Biannually Public announcements, memoranda of understanding MOUs, contracts/awards, and other relevant documentation, as reviewed and captured within the Power Africa Tracking Tool (PATT) and other Power Africa data systems

Transactions Team Lead, DP Team Lead, Relationship Manager (RM) Team Lead, and Task Order CORs

3.2.1 Amount of investment

mobilized (USD) for clean energy with USG

Disaggregation:

● Public, domestic

● Public, international

US dollar Quarterly Amount mobilized of transactions that have reached FC will be

Power Africa MEL team, AOR/CORs

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party assistance (EG12-4;

PA#14)

● Private, domestic

● Private, international

● Technology (e.g., hydro, solar, geothermal, wind, renewable biomass, gas) sourced from project documents, such as the project agreement.

Data sources will include power pools (West Africa Power Pool (WAPP), East Africa Power Pool (EAPP), Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP)), DPs, and PSPs.

of USAID Implementing Mechanisms reporting on this indicator, RMs of USG agencies, DPs, and PSPs supporting this indicator

3.2.2 USG Investment

Leverage: Total public and private funds leveraged by USG for energy projects

(PA#13)

Disaggregation:

● Country

● Gender lens investing (GLI) or non-gender lens investing (GLI

● On-grid power generation

● Off-grid power generation

● Generation capacity

● Transmission

● Distribution

● Technology (wind, tidal, solar, geothermal, hydro, biomass, biogas and green hydrogen)

● USG, public (DP) vs. private partner

US dollar Quarterly Data collected from contributing partners Amount mobilized of transactions that have reached FC will be sourced from project documents, such as the project agreement.

Data sources will include power pools (West Africa Power Pool (WAPP), East Africa Power Pool (EAPP), Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP)), DPs, and PSPs.

COR/AOR/Activity Manager for Implementing Mechanisms

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party

3.2.3 Training and

Capacity-Building Activities: Number of people trained in technical energy fields with USG assistance

(PA#18)

Disaggregation:

● Sex – number of men and number of women

● Country

Number of people

Quarterly IMs and USG agencies capture information from attendance records and capture onto PAIS. The data will be supported/ documented by registration and sign-in data sheets maintained by the IMs

Power Africa MEL team, AOR/CORs of USAID Implementing Mechanisms reporting on this indicator, RMs of agencies, and RMs Sector Leads collecting data from the private sector as well as donor partners

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party

3.2.4 Policy Reforms:

Number of national or regional laws, policies, regulations, or standards to enhance energy-sector governance formally proposed, adopted, or implemented with the support of USG assistance (PA#23)

Disaggregation:

● Formally proposed, adopted, or implemented

● Laws, policies, regulations, or standards

● Regional or national, note which region and country

● Focus of reform:

○ Private-sector participation

○ Regional power pools

○ Energy efficiency

○ Renewable or energy technology

○ Distributed energy/off-grid

○ Gender equity

○ Community engagement

○ Environment

● USG agency providing assistance

Number of policies

Quarterly Official title of law, policy, and/or regulation and confirmation of its proposal, adoption, or implementation in public announcement

AOR/CORs/Activit y Manager (AM) for

USAID

Implementing Mechanisms

Interagency Liaisons

3.2.5 Number of institutions

with improved capacity to address clean energy issues with USG assistance (EG.

12-2)

Disaggregation:

● National governmental

● Sub-national governmental

● Utilities

● Other (e.g., private, NGO, utility,)

Number of institutions

Annually IMs and USG agencies capture validating information and capture onto PAIS.

AOR/CORs, and Interagency Liaisons of agencies supporting this

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party

3.3.1 MW and MWh of

energy storage and energy generation from new advanced energy technologies that reach financial close

Disaggregation:

Power Generation: (utility scale and off-grid power systems)

● ESS technology type

● Co-located

● Standalone

● Behind the meter

● In front of the meter

● All transaction stages

● Location

Transmission and Distribution

● ESS technology type

● Level of interface

(transmission or distribution)

● Service offered (energy, frequency, voltage regulation)

● Location

MW and MWh

Quarterly

● Quarterly submissions by IP staff

(PATT). IP

staff take the lead on inputting information on transactions that they are directly supporting or they think the USG should consider supporting.

Missions review and prioritize transactions using QTAT

● Additional data obtained through quarterly reports submitted by USG agencies

MEL staff of IMs choosing to contribute to this indicator, RM Sector Lead, Interagency Liaisons, and the DP’s point of contact (POC)

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party

● Quarterly updates from agencies RMs and/or RMs Sector Leads

(PATT)

3.4.1 Number of institutions

adopting policies or procedures to promote gender equity in the energy-sector workforce as a result of Power Africa support

Disaggregation:

● Public vs. private institution,

● country (country/ies where policy is implemented)

Number of institutions

Biannually Data to be collected by IMs who are working with energy-sector institutions in support of their adopting policies and procedures to promote gender equity.

Power Africa MEL team, AOR/CORs of USAID Implementing Mechanisms reporting on this indicator, RMs of Agency partners, DPs, and PSPs supporting this indicator

4.1.1 Kilometers of

transmission and distribution power lines that reached FC with USG, development partner, or private sector partner support

Disaggregation:

● Transmission vs. distribution

● country

● Name of project (if applicable)

● Start and end point

● FC date

Kilometers Quarterly Verified reports from relevant Power Africa Implementing Mechanisms, USAID IPs, USG entities, DPs, and PSPs

USAID

AORs/CORs and Activity Managers, Interagency Liaisons, DP, RMs

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party

4.1.2 Kilometers of

constructed or rehabilitated power lines the sum of linear kilometers of new, reconstructed, rehabilitated, or upgraded transmission and distribution lines that have been energized, tested, and commissioned/installed with USG, DP, or PSP support.

Disaggregation:

● Transmission vs. distribution

● Country

● Name of project (if applicable)

● Start and end point

● ,Commissioning date

Kilometers Quarterly Verified reports from relevant Power Africa Implementing Mechanisms, USAID IPs, USG entities, DPs, and PSPs

USAID

AORs/CORs and Activity Managers, Interagency Liaisons, DP, RMs Sector leads

4.1.3 Aggregate Losses:

Aggregate technical, commercial and collection electricity losses reduced/avoided as a result of Power Africa assistance

(PA#22)

Disaggregation:

➢ Total MWh generated

➢ Percent or MWh of calculated, estimated, or measured technical losses avoided

➢ Percent or MWh of calculated, estimated, or measured commercial losses avoided

➢ Percent or MWh of calculated or estimated collection losses avoided

➢ Transmission Vs distribution

➢ Utility

➢ Country

Percentage of total generation

Annually Utility records, rural electrification agencies, or Ministries of Energy.

MEL POC of Implementing Mechanisms contributing to this

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party

4.1.4 Regional Electricity

Trade: New electricity capacity in MW and MWh committed for regional trade through PPAs with USG assistance

Disaggregation:

● Country X to Country Y

(MW/MWh) Duration of the power trade (long, medium, or short)

MWh and

MW

Quarterly Cross-border PPAs (national ministries of energy, utilities, regional power pools, and/or national electricity regulators)

CORs/AORs and Interagency Liaisons for activities supporting regional power trade

4.1.5 Additional Power

Capacity Commissioned:

Number of MW from transactions that have been commissioned

(PA#10)

Disaggregation:

● Technology (e.g., hydro, solar, geothermal, wind, renewable biomass, biomass and biofuels, gas)

● Transaction types

● Power generation (new generation [clean energy vs.

other], generation expansion, rehabilitation/optimization) transmission

Number Quarterly TAs and USG partners verify the number from project proposals, draft deal agreements, or negotiation documents and update the transaction data in

PATT

TAs, RM Sector Leads, Interagency Liaisons, and the DP’s POC

4.1.6 Transactions

Commissioned:

Number of transactions that have been commissioned

▪ Technology (e.g., hydro, solar, geothermal, wind, renewable biomass, biomass and biofuels, gas)

▪ Transaction types o Power generation

(new generation [clean energy vs.

other], generation expansion, rehabilitation/optimiz ation)

MW Quarterly ● Quarterly submissions by IM staff into the PATT.

IP staff take the lead on inputting information on transactions that they are directly

MEL POC of IPs choosing to contribute to this

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party

▪ Transaction stage (Stage 1 - Pre-feasibility; Stage 2 - Feasibility/Project Development; Stage 3 - Project Structuring/Financing)

▪ Country

▪ USG vs Partner Power Africa

Transaction supporting or they think the USG should consider supporting.

Missions review and prioritize transactions using the Qualified Transaction Assistance Tool (QTAT)

● Obtain additional data through quarterly reports submitted by

DFC,

USTDA,

Ex-Im and

MCC

● Updates from USG agencies, DP RMs, PSP Sector Leads, and/or USAID Implementing Mechanism

Measure

Reporting Frequency

Method/Source Responsible Party staff after communicatio n with developers

● ** See Transaction Update Standard Operating Procedure

(SOP)

4.1.7 Electricity transmission

capacity (MW) supported by USG assistance

Disaggregation:

➢ New vs. upgraded vs.

rehabilitated

MW Quarterly FC document or fund disbursement report, commissioning report

MEL POC of IPs choosing to contribute to this indicator

4.1.8 Number of Power

Africa-supported utilities with improved performance (reduction in frequency of outages and duration of outages)

Disaggregation:

➢ Utility

➢ Country

➢ Transmission vs. distribution

➢ System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) vs.

System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI) vs.

Momentary Average Interruption Frequency Index

(MAIFI)

Number of utilities

Annually Utility documentation MEL staff of IPs choosing to contribute to this

DATA QUALITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES

Power Africa will comply with Agency guidelines for data quality, as outlined in the ADS 201. We will use consistent DQA procedures to verify and validate the measured values of the actual performance information. As required, DQAs will be conducted for all externally reported indicators within three years of submission to USAID/Washington. DQAs that did not have a successful outcome will be repeated until the data meet the required data-quality standards.

The PIRS for each indicator has a section devoted to data-quality issues and the date for when a DQA is scheduled (see Annex I for all PIRS). The PIRSs are intended to capture information related to specific indicator characteristics and procedures for data collection as well as immediately identifiable data limitations. Thus, each PIRS serves as a key source of information regarding data quality.

Every three years, Power Africa will examine data quality through structured, periodic assessments to ensure that performance data reasonably meet these five standards of data quality:

● VALIDITY: Data should clearly and adequately represent its intended monitoring…