The development objective of the Additional Financing for the Electricity Access Scale-up and Sector-wide Approach Development Project for Rwanda is to improve access to reliable and cost effective electricity services for households and priority public institutions. The additional credit will help to scale-up ongoing activities related to expansion of access and productive use of electricity, contributing to the project's development impact for households and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The Additional Financing (AF) will support connecting an additional 48,000 households to the electricity grid as part of the second phase of the Electricity Access Rollout Program (EARP). In addition, the AF will support scaling up of 'green connections' associated with energy efficient solutions; increased uptake of solar products such as solar water heaters and solar photo-voltaic systems; low-cost products such as ready-boards to make it affordable for low-income households to get connected to the electricity grid; and productive uses of electricity to promote increased use of electricity by SMEs. The additional activities have been estimated to be implemented in a timeframe of about 3 1/2 years. Therefore an extension of the closing date of the original credit to June 30, 2016, is required and is within three years of the closing date of the original credit.