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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REGULATION AND POLICYMAKING TRAINING MANUAL<br />
page 10.102<br />
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REGULATION AND POLICYMAKING FOR AFRICA<br />
RESCOs Good Practices<br />
• Large menu of <strong>rural</strong> <strong>energy</strong> options<br />
• Focus on “application” not “technology”<br />
• Aware of user’s “capacity” and “will<strong>in</strong>gness” <strong>to</strong> pay<br />
• Build up long term relationships with end-users<br />
• Develop “peripheral” activities (e.g. <strong>to</strong>urism)<br />
Module 10<br />
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REGULATION AND POLICYMAKING FOR AFRICA<br />
RESCOs “Dos and Don’ts”<br />
Should<br />
Consider all renewables<br />
Addresses all <strong>energy</strong> needs<br />
Susta<strong>in</strong>able long term bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
Cus<strong>to</strong>mer oriented service<br />
Aware of difficulty of market<br />
Avoid<br />
Default <strong>to</strong> diesel<br />
Focus only on electricity<br />
Not “one-off” sales but a “service”<br />
Uniform, unresponsive tariffs<br />
Fast or unfocussed expansion<br />
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