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THE INTEGRATED UTILITY
SERVICE MODEL:
Background, Performance, Emissions,
and Emissions Abatement Strategies
By Sparkle Prentice - Senior Policy, Regulations and Resilience Advisor
Teocah AA Dove - Communication and Visibility Advisor
INTRODUCTION
This paper discusses the advancement of the pilots, with the hope that successful proof of concept
Integrated Utility Service (IUS) Model - an innovative will lead to broader regional implementation and
mechanism for addressing the Caribbean institutionalisation.
Community’s acute energy security challenges. The The IUS is an intervention of the European
IUS has the potential to impact a variety of actors Union and German Federal Ministry of Economic
and sectors positively. The suitability of the Model Development and Cooperation (BMZ) funded
was initially explored in one (1) CARICOM Member Technical Assistance Programme for Sustainable
State, Barbados, and is now being extended to three Energy in the Caribbean (TAPSEC). The TAPSEC is
(3) further countries – Belize, Guyana and Jamaica. implemented by the GIZ in collaboration with the
By design, different iterations and variations of the CARICOM Secretariat and the Ministry of Energy and
IUS structure are being deployed through these Mines in the Dominican Republic.
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