Dominican Republic project 517-0144 · 1981–1992 · energy · Dominican Republic. Higher Institute of Agriculture

Project to conduct energy conservation and resource development programs to reduce the Dominican Republic's dependence on imported oil. The Dominican Government's National Energy Commission (NEC) will implement the project. The project will provide TA to strengthen the NEC's capacity to evaluate alternative investments in energy conservation, resource development, and generation and help it prepare an energy investment plan for 1981-90. In addition, the NEC will initiate an ongoing Industrial Energy Conservation (IEC) Program. The NEC's industrial conservation staff will grow from 6 to 15; local training in energy auditing will be provided to 8-10 NEC engineers annually and overseas on-job training to 10 NEC engineers and 6 university teachers. NEC staff and outside experts will conduct 50 short and 12 extended audits of industrial plants and prepare comprehensive audit reports for general distribution to industry. To improve industry's conservation capacity, the NEC will prepare audit manuals, promote appointments of plant energy coordinators, conduct formal IEC courses, and establish an information center. In addition, the project will fund five pilot IEC projects, help financ

Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAI-496 (1981). The source's own text.