Description
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Energy Security Project (ESP) worked with the Ukrainian government, private sector, and civil society leaders to improve Ukraine's energy security and transform Ukraine's energy sector into a modern, market-oriented, EU-integrated, engine of growth. One specific dimension of ESP was to provide technical assistance to municipal stakeholders in the implementation of district heating sector reforms. TetraTech, the implementer for ESP, sought to develop a heat supply scheme for the City of Dnipro for the period 2024 to 2034.
Service Provided
DHInfrastructure supported the development of a heat supply scheme (HSS) for Dnipro. We developed a financial management assessment for Teploenergo and Komenergoservice, the two major district heating companies (DHCs) in Dnipro. This assessment included a review of the Dnipro City budget, financial risks for each DHC and the city, financial performance of each DHC, and key performance indicators (KPIs). We also developed a corrective action plan with recommendations for addressing financial risks. This plan included KPI targets, a plan for tracking progress, and a summary of barriers to progress. We also conducted prefeasibility studies for five projects: (1) gas-piston cogeneration units, (2) individual heat stations installation, pipe replacement, boiler house modernization, and heat metering installation for residential buildings (3) boiler replacements, (4) utilization of heat from industrial waste, and (5) solar hot water supply for public facilities. As part of these prefeasibility studies, we prepared financial models to determine financial feasibility under six scenarios (increased capital expenditure, increased operating expenditure, reduced savings, increased interest rate, absence of grant financing, and absence of loans and grants). We also assessed costs and benefits, environmental and social impacts, and risks.