Cajamarca, the location to start the Luz en Casa programme in 2009, is the department with the highest rates of poverty and lack of electrification in Peru, which is the country with the highest number of population without access to the electricity service after Haiti.

Within this setting, we started Luz en Casa with the aim of showing that is was feasible, sustainable and affordable -with the appropriate technology and management- to bring a quality basic electricity service to low-income households in dispersed, isolated rural communities.  With this purpose, we implemented an innovative electricity service delivery model, in rural communities around the town of Cajamarca, that was based on the provision of electricity with solar home systems in return of an affordable monthly fee.

We achieve the Luz en Casa objective when exceeding 3,000 systems in operation. We also have introduced some improvements in the model proposed in the beginning, such as the creation of the "Centro Luz en Casa" microfranchises. They are owned by users, specifically trained to be in charge of installing and repairing the systems, as well as selling and repairing compatible electric devices. All this results in significant impacts on the programme beneficiaries' quality of life.