Mid-term evaluation of USAID Sudan Energy Planning and Management Project (650-0059)

The Energy Planning and Management (EPM) Project was designed to increase reliability of the Blue Nile Grid and to bolster the management and operation of the National Electricity Corporation (NEC) and the General Petroleum Corporation (GPC), and to help develop the National Energy Administration (NEA) as a national energy planning institution. Two major successes are already in evidence at NEC at mid-project. The Blue Nile Grid reliability has improved from a low of 74% in 1983 to 94% currently; although the EPM project has not been the only influence, its maintenance activities have been partly responsible for this improvement. Accomplishments of NEA and NEC are described.