[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1135, 340], "category": "Text", "text": "Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) and energy efficiency labelling for appliances. Indeed, the Government of Botswana recognised energy efficiency as a key to improving resource usage: energy efficiency would help in reducing the need for additional generation capacity to reach universal electrification by 2030 and to satisfy the increased energy demand due to the improvement of quality of life of the general population (based on IEA data, the Total Primary Energy Supply of Botswana increased from 1.22 Mtoe in 1990 to 2.64 Mtoe in 2019). Energy efficiency would also be a significant element in improving energy security, in light of the current dependence on electricity imports from abroad."}, {"bbox": [96, 391, 1135, 447], "category": "Text", "text": "Identification of main stakeholders and corresponding institutional and/or organisational issues (mandates, potential roles, and capacities) to be covered by the action:"}, {"bbox": [96, 471, 323, 498], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### a) Botswana institutions"}, {"bbox": [96, 523, 1135, 632], "category": "Text", "text": "The Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security (MMGE) is the lead policymaking government authority (policy approval by cabinet or parliament) related to energy supply and demand management. Following an audit of energy policies and programmes in Botswana⁴, the Ministry has made an effort to better integrate gender into the sector, reinforced by its 2021 National Energy Policy."}, {"bbox": [96, 656, 1135, 738], "category": "Text", "text": "The Project and Energy Development Unit (PEDU) is responsible for assigning ownership to major projects and will be central to the tendering and procurement process for IPPs, which include those listed under the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP)."}, {"bbox": [96, 762, 1135, 897], "category": "Text", "text": "The Department of Energy (DoE) of the MMGE is mandated to implement and coordinate the national energy policy and programmes and is separated into sections, which are led by project managers including Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Statistics, Strategy. ‘Smaller’ projects fall under the responsibility of the department which includes the Rooftop Solar Project (10 MW) and the Off-Grid Project Guidelines. Other ongoing initiatives include a biodiesel project and the primary school mini grids with the Ministry of local government."}, {"bbox": [96, 921, 1135, 1056], "category": "Text", "text": "The Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA) is the national energy regulator, established in 2016 under the BERA Act (2016) and is responsible for providing a regulatory framework for the regulated sectors, including electricity, coal and renewable energy resources with duties that encompass registering Independent Power Producers (IPPs) below 100 kW, licensing IPPs above 100 kW, regulating transmission and distribution (T&D) networks, implementing tariffs in relation to generation as well as regulating the import and export of electricity."}, {"bbox": [96, 1080, 1135, 1189], "category": "Text", "text": "The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) is a state-owned vertically integrated utility in charge of the bulk of generation as well as transmission, distribution and supply. The BPC embarked a few years ago on a gender mainstreaming process and developed a Gender Action Plan⁵. Opportunity exists to strengthen these processes and build from this experience to support more gender-responsive policies and services"}, {"bbox": [96, 1213, 1135, 1322], "category": "Text", "text": "The Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) is a parastatal formed in 1997 through the Standards Act, under the Ministry of Investment, trade, and Industry. BOBS is the national standards body of Botswana and is responsible for standardisation and quality assurance, including the adoption of technical standards relevant to electricity, renewable energy, and energy efficiency."}, {"bbox": [96, 1346, 1135, 1426], "category": "Text", "text": "Independent Power Producers (IPP): the country is moving away from the single buyer model to include IPPs in generation where PEDU will assume responsibility for the tender procedures, with BERA as the independent regulator. More in general, the private sector will benefit from an enhanced institutional and regulatory framework"}, {"bbox": [85, 1465, 1144, 1563], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴The audit was conducted within the framework of a EU funded project. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leonard-Dikobe/publication/262104964_Gender_Audit_of_Energy_Policies_and_Programmes_-_The_Case_for_Botswana/links/0deec536a73b56dc44000000/Gender-Audit-of-Energy-Policies-and-Programmes-The-Case-for-Botswana.pdf"}, {"bbox": [85, 1562, 695, 1588], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ https://www.energia.org/assets/2015/02/06.-Case_Study_Botswana.pdf"}, {"bbox": [1037, 1680, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 34"}]