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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 />

Module 10

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