Consultancy services for utility companies

• Support to utilities in managerial, administrative, commercial, financial, operating and maintenance activities, as well as public relations and human resource development
• Institutional and operational consultancy for utility companies
• Engineering expertise. Examination and assessment of technical status of engineering systems. Development of technical solutions for energy saving and substitution of natural gas with alternative fuels
• Capacity building
• Technical due diligence, feasibility studies
• Capital investment planning
• Tariff setting
• Improvement of commercial operations
• Strategy development, business planning, accounting, financial management and monitoring

Services to utility companies 2019 >>>

Housing maintenance and management

• Creating enabling legal environment: development of key draft laws and sub-laws
• Public outreach and education
• Assistance to local governments to develop programs for promoting condominiums and co-financing residential energy efficiency improvements
• Organizational and technical consultancy for condominiums /condominium associations
• Energy audits of residential buildings and identification of energy efficiency measures
• Capacity building

Technical assistance to central power bodies

• Support in drafting laws and secondary legislation
• Policy and strategy development including private sector participation
• Carrying out research, analytical studies, and surveys
• Assessment of effectiveness of government programs
• Assistance in development of effective Social Safety Net
• Public outreach and education: development and carrying out national information campaigns
• Capacity building for central executive power bodies and national regulator

Technical assistance to local governments

• Support in improving capacities of local governments in managing public utilities
• Consultancy in financial management and pricing for housing and utility services
• Support in attracting investment for infrastructure modernization
• Engineering expertise. Development of technical solutions for energy saving and substitution of natural gas with alternative fuels
• Assisting municipalities with planning, preparing and financing for clean energy projects
• Social protection of low-income consumers of services
• Public outreach and education. Information campaigns
• Conducting of sociological surveys
• Capacity building

Energy efficiency and energy saving

• Technical expertise: energy audits of public and residential buildings
• Assistance to local communities with planning, preparing and financing for clean energy projects by developing Municipal Energy Plans and Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans, and feasibility studies/design documents and cost estimates for infrastructure development / modernization projects, including assistance to finance projects from IFI loans and under public-private partnerships and ESCO arrangements
• Strengthening capacity of utility companies and SMEs to compete in the bioenergy market
• Development and implementation of training programs on energy saving and energy efficiency, nearly zero-energy buildings for various target audiences