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Are there clear registration, permitting or licensing procedures for mini grid operators?
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| Pillar: Electricity Access | Indicator: MINIGRIDS FRAMEWORK
Are mini grids legally allowed to operate in the country?
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| Pillar: Electricity Access | Indicator: MINIGRIDS FRAMEWORK
Are there opportunities to develop mini grids through both top-down and bottom-up approaches? (Under a bottom-up approach, mini grid developers select their sites; under a top-down approach, the government selects the sites)
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| Pillar: Electricity Access | Indicator: MINIGRIDS FRAMEWORK
Can mini grids be owned and/or operated by private companies?
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| Pillar: Electricity Access | Indicator: MINIGRIDS FRAMEWORK
Are there large-scale programs to train key stakeholders of the mini grid sector, for example: local technicians; mini grid developers/operators; microentrepreneurs who use electric appliances; electricity regulators; rural electrification agencies
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| Pillar: Electricity Access | Indicator: MINIGRIDS FRAMEWORK
Are there duty exemptions for mini grid systems and/or individual components?
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| Pillar: Electricity Access | Indicator: MINIGRIDS FRAMEWORK
Are there capital subsidies paid to the utilities to provide distribution systems to rural areas/villages?
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| Pillar: Electricity Access | Indicator: GRID ELECTRIFICATION FRAMEWORK
Does the government have a dedicated funding line or budget for electrification (e.g., funded national program, budget item, rural electrification fund to finance grid extension)?
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| Pillar: Electricity Access | Indicator: GRID ELECTRIFICATION FRAMEWORK
Are the electrification plan and the updates publicly available?
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| Pillar: Electricity Access | Indicator: ELECTRIFICATION GOVERNANCE AND PLANNING
Is there a provision for the plan to be periodically evaluated?
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| Pillar: Electricity Access | Indicator: ELECTRIFICATION GOVERNANCE AND PLANNING