USAID has allocated $1.6 billion in helping DABS. To improve the commercial performance of DABS, USAID began assisting with commercialization in May 2009 with the Kabul Electricity Services Improvement Program (KESIP). A second commercialization activity was started in Kandahar in October 2009, under the Afghanistan Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program (AIRP).

DV (Dynamic Vision) has provided quality service to DABS under this contract for over two years. The key areas of DV’s contribution were operation and management support to improve the financial and operational performance of DABS’ Kandahar Operations Center (KOC), its regional divisions comprise the provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, and Zabul.

Under this contract DV has developed KOC’s Business Model, Load Shedding Management Plan, Energy Efficiency and Audit Plan, Energy Revenue Protection Plan, Fuel Management Plan and Power Plants Operation and Maintenance Plan. Furthermore, DV has supported KOC in the implementation of these plans for two years after its approval.