In support of the vision of the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) of providing universal access to electricity by the year 2020, this project aims to support the Solar Home Systems (SHS) and mini-grid options for providing access to electricity in areas where grid electricity is difficult, expensive, and will take years to reach. In continuation of the World Bank support to the successful SHS program of GOB, this project extends support for another 550,000 systems following the same model and institutional arrangement as has been proven successful under the on-going Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development (RERED) project.