Dominican Republic: issues and options in the energy sector
- UNDP Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP) May 1991
- 104 p. tbls., map.
Three basic problems affect the energy sector of the Dominican Republic: limited indigenous resources and high cost of developing these resources; inefficiencies in energy production, transmission and end-use; and distortions in the legal/regulatory/institutional framework. Inefficient consumption of energy has been a drag on economic development. 20 percent of foreign exchange earnings are pre-emptied to finance energy imports and nearly 40 percent of external public debt is energy-related. Under current policies, future energy requirements would claim close to 30 percent of foreign exchange earnings by 1995 and would account for a correspondingly larger share of the country's external debt. Indiscriminate deforestation and contamination resulting from energy processes are bound to produce major environmental danger if no abatement measures are taken soon. The report analyzes issues and options as per legal/regulatory/institutional framework; energy demand management; electricity, petroleum, forestry and woodfuels, household energy subsectors;and energy-environmental interlinks. The assessment proposes an investment and technical assistance programme for the 1989-2000 period totalling US$2.1 billion in line with the development requirements of the energy sector and suitable for obtaining donor support. Major efforts are required to implement conditions for energy development and secure necessary financing.
General
ENERGY
MANAGEMENT
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
ELECTRICITY
HYDROCARBONS
FUELWOOD
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
00582-XI
Three basic problems affect the energy sector of the Dominican Republic: limited indigenous resources and high cost of developing these resources; inefficiencies in energy production, transmission and end-use; and distortions in the legal/regulatory/institutional framework. Inefficient consumption of energy has been a drag on economic development. 20 percent of foreign exchange earnings are pre-emptied to finance energy imports and nearly 40 percent of external public debt is energy-related. Under current policies, future energy requirements would claim close to 30 percent of foreign exchange earnings by 1995 and would account for a correspondingly larger share of the country's external debt. Indiscriminate deforestation and contamination resulting from energy processes are bound to produce major environmental danger if no abatement measures are taken soon. The report analyzes issues and options as per legal/regulatory/institutional framework; energy demand management; electricity, petroleum, forestry and woodfuels, household energy subsectors;and energy-environmental interlinks. The assessment proposes an investment and technical assistance programme for the 1989-2000 period totalling US$2.1 billion in line with the development requirements of the energy sector and suitable for obtaining donor support. Major efforts are required to implement conditions for energy development and secure necessary financing.
General
ENERGY
MANAGEMENT
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
ELECTRICITY
HYDROCARBONS
FUELWOOD
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
00582-XI