World Bank Document

 

Non-Lending: Note 

Regional Power 

Market Assessment 

(UAP-EST) - FY12. 

Energy Efficiency 

Strategy for the 

Industrial Sector – 

FY13. 

Energy/Power Sector 

Issues - FY13. 

Energy Subsidies 

Study - FY13. 

 

 

IFC Investment: 

Financing the 

Uzelectroset 

Company. 

Advanced procurement 

used under Talimarjan 

Transmission Project was 

exemplary for timely 

project launch. However, 

portfolio-wide delays in 

registration of contracts 

awarded to foreign bidders 

by MFERIT affected the 

project implementation and 

incurred additional costs 

for the client and the 

bidders. In the new CPF, as 

Energy is likely to be major 

trust area of the 

Government, at least 

Energy Projects should be 

exempted from price 

verification and registration 

by MFERIT on a pilot 

basis. Price verification is 

not in line with the Bank 

Procurement Guidelines  

There should be permission 

to charge an appraisal fee 

in local currency for SOEs; 

Cooperation with WB 

Team is very useful for this 

type of projects. 

 

Close cooperation with the 

World Bank Group is 

essential for getting private 

sector involved in the 

infrastructure sector. 

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Completion and Learning Review 

 

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Improved energy 

efficiency of the largest 

industrial enterprises 

through introduction of 

energy efficiency 

measures. 

 

Baseline: No change. 

Target: 20% energy 

savings. 

 

Achieved: More than 

US$50 million were 

provided to 30 industrial 

enterprises to implement 28 

energy efficiency sub-

projects that improve their 

overall performance and 

competitiveness. As a 

result, more than 126,000 

MWh of electricity and 50 

million m

3

 of natural gas is 

freed out annually and 

available for other 

consumers. Uzbekistan 

industrial enterprises 

achieved more than 20 

percent energy savings.