South Lalitpur Rural Electric Cooperative (SLREC) is a cooperative established in 1997 with the major objective to provide electricity to people living in the southern rural hilly areas of 19 VDC’s of Lalitpur district. The organization is committed to provide electricity facilities to all households without any social and economic discrimination.SLREC started providing consumer services since2061-05-02

With a mission of socio-economic development of the community through cheap, accessible and qualitative electrification and people’s participation, SLREC has been successful in coordinating with different institutions and enhancing the socio-economic development of the community. SLREC worked from 1997-2002 with the provision of 50 percent investment which was very hard to arrange from the community. SLREC worked both ways: continuation of RE extension as well as lobbying and advocacy to reduce the cash investment provision to RE program as of today.

SLREC An Overview

Average Consumption per month          22 unit per consumer

Technical Loss ( Annual)                         21 %

Non technical loss                                     0 %

Revenue Collection                                   97%

Share holders : The share holders comprise of Transformer Sub committee, District Development Committee, Lalitpur, Village Development Committee, Ward Committees of VDC, Local level organisations

Social organisations, Consumers / Individual

Vision of the Organization : Community electrification, economic development and social transformation through cooperative (collaboration)

Mission Statement : Socio-economic development through Easy and quality consumer services by involving community in electrification process

Main Goal : Coordination with local agencies (DDC, VDC), government, donor agencies and other stake holders for electrifying entire people South Lalitpur through cooperative and active involvement for socio economic development of community

Objectives

a.    Electricity distribution and consumer services

b.    Socio economic development of consumers

c.    Business of electrical equipments

d.    Institutional Development

e.    Human resources development

f.      Electricity generation

g.    Preserving environment and promotion of renewable energy

Guiding Principles

• Community Participation

• Good Governance
• Transparency
• Democratic
• Inclusion to all
• Organizational enablement
• Employment Generation
• Quality Maintain
• Right based Approach
• Environmental balance

Major Activities

•  Electricity Distribution and Consumer Services

•  Construction and Extension of electricity distribution system

•  Promotion of enterprises through micro finance

•  Sales of electrical equipments

•  Promotion of energy effiecient and renewable technologies

•  Socio-economic develeopment of electricity consumers

Socio Economic Development through Electricity Distribution

• Soft Loan for consumers unable to pay the upfront cost of meter connection
• Technical trainings and soft loan provision for those willing to start micro enterprises
• Consultation services to start micro enterprises
• Facilitation for biogas plant construction

Achievements

Transformation in SLREC