DARES PUE Claim Submission Guide

DARES PUE Claim Submission Guide

PRODUCTIVE USE OF ENERGY | DEVELOPER PARTICIPATION GUIDE

The DARES Productive Use of Energy (PUE) program uses the DARES Platform powered by Odyssey exclusively. Please read this guide thoroughly for instructions on how to submit your monthly claims to the DARES program.

In addition to this guide, please review the complete Odyssey user guides and FAQs to troubleshoot any issues, or reach out to the Odyssey support team via the support chat box in the bottom right corner of the application.

On this page

  1. Integrate your Equipment
  2. Create Claim
  3. Populate Connections Template
  4. Upload Connections Template
  5. Verify your Connections
  6. Submit your Connections
  7. Messaging Program Administrators

1. Integrate your Equipment

Before you can verify and submit claims, your equipment must be integrated with Odyssey so that consumption data can be read for each connection. Verification in this program depends on consumption data, so connections without a working integration cannot be verified.

Make your equipment consumption data available to Odyssey through the Meter Metrics dataset in the Standard API. You expose an endpoint and Odyssey retrieves the data from it on a schedule.

Meter Metrics documentation: https://platform.odysseyenergysolutions.com/#/standard-api/docs/meter

Important: coordinates are mandatory for this program

The Standard API documentation lists latitude and longitude as optional fields. For the DARES PUE program they are mandatory. Geolocation is one of the two verification criteria, so every connection you expose must include its unique coordinates. Connections without coordinates will fail verification.

How to set up your integration

  1. Expose an endpoint that conforms to the Meter Metrics contract, returning consumption data for each of your connections.
  2. Validate your endpoint using the public Standard API validator.
  3. Once validation passes, create the API Integration in Odyssey. Select Program-Level Integration as the target.
  4. Confirm that the identifiers you return match the External ID recorded against each connection exactly. If they do not match, verification will fail even when your data is correct.

2. Create Claim

Once your pre-qualification application has been Selected, you may submit claims on a rolling basis.

  1. Click on Finance > Programs.
  2. Select the DARES Productive Use of Energy (PUE) program to open it.
  3. Click on Claims from the top navigation bar and create a new claim.

REA Requirement

Claims may be submitted monthly or quarterly, at your discretion. Submit at least monthly if that suits your operations. If you prefer to batch connections, you may submit as infrequently as quarterly, but not less often than that.

Label each claim using the format Month_Year_Company Name, using the last month covered by the claim. For example, a claim submitted in August 2026 covering connections made in June, July and August would be labelled 08_2026_Company ABC.

Once a claim is submitted, no further updates or connection uploads are allowed. Review carefully before submitting.

Complete the claim information

Click each field to fill out the required information.

  • Asset Name: Enter your claim label using the Month_Year_Company Name format described above.
  • Notes: Not required, but you may enter claim information here.
  • Country: Select Nigeria from the dropdown menu.
  • State: Select the city of your headquarters or distribution center. This field is not essential but must be filled out to proceed.
  • Program: You must add the project to the corresponding program in the Programs field in order to submit your claims. You will not be able to complete your proposal if the project is not registered with the program.

Save your claim.

Note

If the Save button is grey, make sure all fields are completely filled out. Once all the required information is entered, the button will turn green.

3. Populate Connections Template

You must submit proof of customer connections for each productive-use system installed in order to receive the grant disbursement. Create a new claim to submit each set of connections.

Download the connections template

  1. Navigate to the Connections module of the claim.
  2. Select the Download Template button to download an Excel template where you can import your proof of customer connections.

Enter 0 rather than leaving a required field blank

Every field marked Required must contain a value. Where a required numeric field does not apply to your connection, enter 0 rather than leaving it empty, or the connection will not be submittable. This applies most often to:

  • Battery capacity or Inverter Rating, where no battery or inverter is installed.
  • Cost to End User, Downpayment Amount and Payment Amount, wherever they do not apply to your payment model. See the worked examples in Section 3.

A description of the data you should include in each column is outlined below.

FieldInput methodInstructions
External ID (Serial No)
Required		Manual input
  • The integration ID for the connection. This is the ID Odyssey uses to match your consumption data during remote verification, so it must be the same ID you expose through the Standard API.
  • It must be unique for each row. The same ID cannot be used for more than one unit.
Name of Business Owner
Required		Manual input
  • Name of the person who owns or runs the business receiving the system.
  • This is the contact person for verification by the IVA, so the phone number recorded below should reach this person.
Business Name
Required		Manual input
  • Name of the business, shop, farm or enterprise where the equipment is installed.
  • Recorded separately from the owner because the person met on site may not be the owner.
Gender of Primary Account Holder
Required		Dropdown provided
  • Select an option from the dropdown. Not editable. Content is fixed by the PMU.
Customer Category
Required		Dropdown provided
  • Select either Productive or Commercial. Not editable. Content is fixed by the PMU.
  • This is a fixed classification applied consistently across all DARES programs, which is what allows reporting across programs.
  • Your selection here determines which Customer Type options are available.
Customer Type
Required		Dropdown, depends on Customer Category
  • Select the productive-use actor for the connection. Complete Customer Category first, because the options here change based on it.
  • Selecting Commercial shows: MSME.
  • Selecting Productive shows: Smallholder Farmer, Agri Business, Transport/Logistics, Service Provider (Telephony).
Phone Number
Required		Manual input
  • A valid phone number for the customer or beneficiary.
Alternate phone number
Optional		Manual input
  • A valid alternate phone number for the customer or beneficiary, if there is one.
  • Providing this increases the chances of successful verification by the IVA.
Location (Address)
Required		Manual input
  • Only businesses, farms and agro-processing sites are eligible. Do not enter home addresses.
  • Street name or identifying features. Compulsory. Give the street or road name if there is one. If there isn't, describe how to find the site, for example the access road, the village or community name, or the route from the nearest town.
  • Site features. Compulsory. For a shop or business, describe the building, for example its colour, number of floors, signboard or what it sits beside.
  • For a farm or open site with no building, describe the site itself, for example the fencing, gate, crops grown, or where the solar panels and equipment are installed.
  • Nearest landmark. Compulsory. A well-known place close by, such as a school, church, mosque, market, filling station or junction.
  • Do not repeat the state or LGA in this field; they are captured separately below.
Location (State)
Required		Dropdown provided
  • Select an option from the dropdown. Not editable. Content is fixed by the PMU.
Location (LGA)
Required		Dropdown provided
  • Select an option from the dropdown. Not editable. Content is fixed by the PMU.
  • Please ensure accuracy in this field. Incorrectly located systems will not be funded, and the coordinates below are checked against the LGA during verification.
Latitude
Required		Manual input
  • GPS coordinate data, in decimal degrees. For example 7.47612383624022.
  • No map links. No extracts from a website.
  • Must be unique to each customer. Even within the same compound or building, two installation points cannot be identical.
  • An acceptable format is 12.7518, not 12°45.108′ N.
Longitude
Required		Manual input
  • GPS coordinate data, in decimal degrees. For example 9.047715847834592.
  • No map links. No extracts from a website.
  • Must be unique to each customer. Even within the same compound or building, two installation points cannot be identical.
  • An acceptable format is 12.7518, not 12°45.108′ E.
Serial Number (refer to user guide)
Required		Manual input
  • The serial number of the energy solution powering the equipment, not the housing.
  • For a DC solar water pump, use the serial number of the pump itself.
  • For a walk-in cold room or walk-in freezer, the prefabricated housing has no serial number. Use the serial number of the compressor or freezer unit, or of the inverter or battery installed for that unit.
  • For any other inverter-based system, use the inverter or battery serial number.
  • This allows the installation to be tied to a named customer and a set of coordinates during audit.
Equipment Category
Required		Dropdown provided
  • Select the category of productive-use equipment installed. Not editable. Content is fixed by the PMU.
  • Options: Cooling, Irrigation, Agro-Processing, Rural Telephony, E-Mobility, Solar Kiosk, EV Fast Charger.
  • Your selection here determines which Equipment Type options are available.
Equipment Type
Required		Dropdown, depends on Equipment Category
  • Select the specific equipment installed. Complete Equipment Category first, because the options here change based on it.
  • The options match the approved equipment list, including the approved size or capacity band. For example, selecting Cooling shows Chest Freezer (150 L), Chest Freezer (300 L), Walk-in Cold Room (medium) and so on.
  • Choose the option matching the approved band for the equipment you installed. The exact figure deployed is entered separately in Equipment Capacity.
  • For Rural Telephony, select the tower monopole installed (10 m or 20 m). The monopole is the pole itself and is required. Every radio mounted on it, including Micro Cell BTS and Small Cell, is recorded in the Radio 1 &Radio 2  columns that follow, not in Equipment Type.
  • The full list of categories and types is set out in the reference table after this section.
Radio 1
Optional		Dropdown, depends on Equipment Category
  • For Rural Telephony connections only. Leave blank for every other category.
  • Select a radio mounted on the monopole: Micro Cell BTS (<0.5 W), Small Cell (~2 W), Low-power BTS (5–10 W), Mini BTS (2x20 W, 2G/3G) or Mini Macro 3-sector BTS (3x20 W).
  • Leave blank if no radio applies.
Radio 2
Optional		Dropdown, depends on Equipment Category
  • A single mast site often carries more than one radio. Record the second one here rather than creating a second connection row, because External ID and coordinates must be unique per row.
  • Same options as Radio 1. Leave blank where only one radio is installed.
Equipment Capacity (Actual Capacity)
Required		Manual input
  • The actual deployed capacity of the equipment installed, entered as a number only. Do not enter the unit.
  • Enter the exact figure deployed, not the band shown in Equipment Type. For example, if you selected Upright Fridge (300–500 L) and installed a 420 L unit, enter 420.
  • Use the unit implied by the Equipment Type you selected: litres for freezers and fridges, cubic metres for cold rooms, tons for the containerised walk-in freezer, HP for pumps, kW for mills and chargers, bays or slots for e-mobility cabinets, square metres for kiosks.
  • For Rural Telephony, enter the total power consumption of the radio equipment in Watts, not the height of the monopole.
Installed Solar PV capacity (kW)
Required		Manual input
  • Capacity of the solar PV system powering the equipment, in kilowatts.
  • Note the unit is kilowatts, not Watts. A 450 W array is entered as 0.45.
  • PV capacity only. Do not include battery or inverter ratings.
Battery capacity (kWh)
Required		Manual input
  • Total usable battery storage installed with the system, in kilowatt hours.
  • Enter 0 where no battery is installed, for example a DC solar water pump running directly from the PV array.
Inverter Rating in kVA
Required		Manual input
  • Rating of the inverter installed with the system, in kVA.
  • Enter 0 where no inverter is installed, for example a DC solar water pump or a DC appliance running directly from the PV array.
Date Connected
Required		Manual input
  • The date the system was connected and commissioned for the customer.
  • Format the date as YYYY-MM-DD. For example, enter 2026-08-15 for a system connected on 15 August 2026.
Total Cost of Deployment (NGN)
Required		Manual input
  • Total cost of the system, including installation and logistics.
  • This applies to every connection, under all three payment models.
Type of Payment
Required		Dropdown provided
  • Select the payment model for this connection. Not editable. Content is fixed by the PMU.
  • Owner Model: the customer buys the system, either outright or over time, and ends up owning it.
  • Operator Model: you retain ownership, operate and maintain the equipment, and the customer pays a usage or service fee. This covers shared or community arrangements too, such as irrigation-as-a-service or rural telephony data-purchase agreements.
  • Lease Model: the customer pays toward ownership over an agreed period, and owns the system at the end of the term.
  • Your selection here determines which Payment Plan options are available.
Payment Plan
Required		Dropdown, depends on Type of Payment
  • Select how the customer pays. Complete Type of Payment first, because the options here change based on it.
  • Owner Model shows: Outright, Installment - Daily, Installment - Weekly, Installment - Monthly, Installment - Quarterly.
  • Operator Model shows: Per hour, Per day, Per charge, Per kg, Monthly service fee, Data Purchase.
  • Lease Model shows: Monthly, Quarterly, Data Purchase.
Cost to End User (NGN)
Required		Manual input
  • The total amount the customer pays you for the system, at prices agreed with the end user.
  • Use fair market pricing and avoid predatory pricing.
  • Under the Operator Model the customer never buys the system, so enter the rate they pay instead, matching the Payment Plan selected.
  • Enter 0 where this does not apply to your payment model. See the worked examples below.
Downpayment Amount (NGN)
Required		Manual input
  • The initial upfront amount, or deposit, paid by the customer at the point of sale.
  • For an outright sale this is the full amount.
  • Enter 0 where there is no deposit. See the worked examples below.
Payment Amount (NGN)
Required		Manual input
  • The amount the customer pays per Payment Plan period or unit. Read this field together with Payment Plan, which supplies the unit.
  • For example, 19,400 with Installment - Weekly means 19,400 naira every week. 45 with Per kg means 45 naira per kilogram.
  • Enter 0 where this does not apply. See the worked examples below.
Installation Photos (link)
Required		Manual input
  • Provide a link to a folder (for example Google Drive) containing 2 to 3 photos of the completed installation.
  • Ensure sharing permissions allow the Program Administrator and IVA to view the folder without requesting access.

Examples: what to enter for each payment model

Payment Amount changes meaning depending on Payment Plan: it is a fixed recurring sum under Installment or a Lease period, but a per-unit rate under Operator Model plans like Per kg or Data Purchase.

Type of PaymentPayment PlanCost to End User (NGN)Downpayment (NGN)Payment Amount (NGN)
Owner ModelOutright395,000395,0000
Owner ModelInstallment - Weekly485,00097,00019,400 per week
Operator ModelPer kg0045 per kg
Operator ModelData Purchase0065 per recharge unit
Lease ModelMonthly890,000178,00045,000 per month
Lease ModelQuarterly820,000164,000164,000 per quarter

Equipment Category and Equipment Type reference

Equipment Type is a dependent dropdown. Selecting an Equipment Category restricts Equipment Type to the options listed against it.

Equipment CategoryEquipment Types available
CoolingWalk-in Cold Room (small modular) · Walk-in Cold Room (medium) · Walk-in Freezer (containerized, ≤10 ton) · Chest Freezer (150 L) · Chest Freezer (300 L) · Chest Freezer (500 L) · Chest Freezer (700 L) · Upright Fridge (300–500 L) · Vaccine Fridge (PQS 50 L) · Vaccine Fridge (PQS 100 L)
IrrigationSurface Pump (0.5 HP) · Surface Pump (1.0 HP) · Surface Pump (1.5–2.0 HP) · Submersible Pump (0.75–1 HP) · Submersible Pump (1.5–2 HP)
Agro-ProcessingHammer Mill (0.75–1 kW) · Hammer Mill (2–3 kW)
Rural TelephonyTower Monopole (10 m) · Tower Monopole (20 m). Radios mounted on the monopole are recorded separately in Radio 1 & Radio 2: Micro Cell BTS (<0.5 W), Small Cell (~2 W), Low-power BTS (5–10 W), Mini BTS (2x20 W, 2G/3G), Mini Macro 3-sector BTS (3x20 W).
E-MobilityE-bike Charging Cabinet (6-bay) · E-bike Charging Cabinet (12-bay) · Battery Swap Cabinet (6 slots) · Battery Swap Cabinet (12 slots)
Solar KioskPrefab Kiosk (small 2 m²) · Prefab Kiosk (medium 4–6 m²)
EV Fast ChargerDC Bus Charger 120 kW · DC Bus Charger 240 kW

4. Upload Connections Template

When you have completed your Excel template, follow the instructions below to import the connections into Odyssey.

  1. Select the Import/Update Connections button.
  2. Upload the completed Excel template.
  3. Make any necessary edits directly in the software by clicking on a connection, or download the connections, make changes, and re-upload.
  4. Run a check for duplicates before submitting. This ensures you are not submitting a connection that has already been submitted. If you do not check for duplicates, the Submit button will be greyed out and unclickable.

Check the Submittable column to confirm that the required information has been provided and there are no duplicate connections.

  • If the Submittable column says Yes, you have provided the required information and can submit your connections.
  • If the Submittable column is red and says No, either data is missing or the connection has already been submitted. Filter by No to see which connections need additional information. Missing rows are highlighted in pink.

5. Verify your Connections

Once your equipment integration is in place, as described in Section 1, you can remotely verify your connections.

Important

Ensure you select Program-Level Integration as the target when creating the integration.

Verification criteria

To verify the connections in your claim, the following criteria must be met.

  • Usage / Consumption: Recorded consumption for the connection must be greater than 0.
  • Geolocation Verification: Longitude and latitude must match the correct LGA. If they do not, verification fails.

How to verify

  1. Select the checkbox next to each connection you would like to submit. To select all connections at once, use the checkbox beside the Verify column.
  2. Select Verify.

The verification process will be initiated and the status of each connection will be displayed. The meaning of each status is below.

StatusWhat it means
Verification in progressThe request to verify the connection has been sent. Please wait a few minutes to see the results of the verification.
Data not foundUsage or consumption data could not be found for the External ID of the connection.
Didn’t meet requirementsRecorded consumption is equal to or less than zero. Consumption from your integrated data must be greater than zero to be verified.
Location mismatchThe provided coordinates do not match the LGA.
Error during verificationAn unexpected error occurred. Please reach out to our support team via the chat in the lower right corner, or at support@odysseyenergysolutions.com.
VerifiedVerification was successful.

Note

You can access the Remote Verification Dashboard in your account by navigating to Home > Analytics to investigate failed connections. If the dashboard is not available in your account, please contact the Odyssey support team to request it be added.

6. Submit your Connections

Once you have completed your verification process, follow the steps below to submit your connections to the Program Administrator.

  1. Select the checkbox next to the Verify field to select all connections.
  2. Select the Submit button.
  3. Choose Submit Selected Connections or Submit All (Filtered) Connections from the dropdown menu.
  4. Confirm that all connections were submitted in the summary panel at the top of the page.
  5. Filter the Submission Status to Not Submitted to see connections that were not submitted. Confirm that those connections are complete, then resubmit.

7. Messaging Program Administrators

You can communicate directly with the Program Administrators from within your claim.

  1. Navigate to the Messages module in your claim.
  2. Write your message.
  3. Click on Submit.

Need help?

Reach out to the Odyssey support team via the chat box in the bottom right corner of the application, or email support@odysseyenergysolutions.com.