COMPANIA DE ALUMBRADO ELECTRICO DE San Salvador, SA (CAESS) (FMO-58111)

Countries
  • El Salvador
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
COMPANIA DE ALUMBRADO ELECTRICO DE San Salvador, SA (CAESS)
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 10.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ FMO website

Updated in EWS Jun 3, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Jun 2, 2020

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

The clients are four electricity distribution companies in El Salvador: i) Compania de Alumbrado Electrico de San Salvador, SA de CV (CAESS); ii) Empresa Electrica de Oriente, S.A. de C.V. (EEO); (iii) AES CLESA S. en C. de C.V. (CLESA); and iv) Distribuidora Electrica de Usulutan (DEUSEM) (hereinafter "AES El Salvador" or "the Companies"). The Companies are controlled, and majority owned by The AES Corporation. The companies are responsible for the distribution of electrical energy to municipalities and urban areas in distinct regions in El Salvador. The companies are regulated by public utility companies.

The proposed transaction is a payment facility to purchase accounts receivable, that will be used to discount the electricity bills issued by the distribution companies and which are part of a deferral. The invoices arise from Executive Decree No. 12 of the Executive Body for the Health Sector of March 21, 2020, for the deferral of payment of electricity consumers' invoices (as a response to adverse economic effects of COVID-19). The payment facility addresses the Companies' liquidity and working capital needs. The credit line will be available for up to three months and the deferred invoice payments shall be repaid in 24 monthly instalments.

 

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.
Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - AES Corporation Investor -

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*Project contact information not available at the time of disclosure.*

 

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Communities who believe they will be negatively affected by a project funded by the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) may be able to file a complaint with the Independent Complaints Mechanism, which is the joint independent accountability mechanism of the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) and the German Investment Corporation (KfW) . A complaint can be filed in writing, by email, post, or online. The complaint can be filed in English or any other language of the complainant. The Independent Complaints Mechanism is comprised of a three-member Independent Expert Panel and it can provide either problem-solving, compliance review or both, in either order. Additional information about this accountability mechanism, including a guide and template for filing a complaint, can be found at: https://www.fmo.nl/independent-complaints-mechanism

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