Managerial Accounting Essay

gsm access sites Power saving initiatives

June 2013
Table of Contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 1.1. Introduction …………….. 3 1.2. Afghanistan fuel prices and trends 3

2. FUEL SAVING INITIATIVES 4 2.1. DCB Hybrid power solution 4 2.2. Hydromix and ProGSM monitoring solution 4 a- Hydromix chemical solution ...……………………………………………………………………………… 4 b- Consumption control ..…………..………………….……………………………………………............... 5 c- Both solutions combined ……………..…………….………………………………………………………. 6 2.3. Solar solution 6 2.4. Summary table …….…………………………………………..…………………………………………….... 6 3. FUEL SAVING INITIATIVES COMBINED 7 4. ABREVIATIONS …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7

executive summary

1 introduction

In 2013 Etisalat Afghanistan fuel and power expenditures represent 37% of the total OPEX budget, it goes without saying that any initiative to reduce this cost will have a direct impact on the bottom line.

In this documents we will describe qualitatively and quantitatively three saving initiatives that could contribute on reducing and controlling fuel and power expenditures.

2 afghanistan fuel prices and trends

Fuel expenditures kept rising because of two reasons, international market price and Afghanistan currency devaluations.

From 2006 (Etisalat Afghanistan network launch) to 2012 the diesel prices doubled; from 33Afs to 65Afs in Afghanistan – Figure 1

Figure 1

Trends source: https://energypedia.info/wiki/Fuel_Prices_Afghanistan

fuel saving initiatives

1. DCB Hybrid power solution
Hybrid power using DCB consists of alternating between two sources of power from batteries to DG (Diesel Generators) and vice versa consequently