First, his government brought light to the darkest city in Africa, when it saw through and finished the Bumbuna hydroelectric dam.
The lack of water has put a serious crimp in the hydroelectric line at Hoover Dam and other power plants across the west, limiting an inexpensive and pollution-free energy source that once was considered endless.
Hydroelectric sources are projected to contribute just 7% of the state's power this year, down from 23% in 2011.
The industry regulator, Ofgem, found SSE had given incorrect information to the Grid about the length of time it needed to remove some of its hydroelectric dams from the system.
In California, home to 287 hydroelectric plants and where almost half the state today is classified as being in "exceptional drought", hydropower has fallen 60% in the past four years.
Noting that Africa exploited just 1% of its hydroelectric potential, Kim added: "There is plenty of coal in Africa.
We shall see… In March, three tribal leaders arrived in London to make their case against several huge hydroelectric dams being built in Brazil and Peru, which they argue will force their people from the land and threaten their way of life.
A series of new hydroelectric dams (more than 100 in total) are planned across Brazil and Peru, including the most controversial of all – the Belo Monte Project on the Xingu river, which is intended to be the world's third largest hydroelectric plant.
In addition, there are coca farmers and gold-miners, and the threat of a long, long-mooted plan to build an enormous hydroelectric dam, El Bala, which president Evo Morales has been talking up, and which is slowly moving forward and would flood a huge swathe of the park.
But a water level that low, he said, would be a sign of almost unimaginable environmental catastrophe, so the loss of hydroelectric power would be the least of anyone's worries.
Although the World Bank has been criticised in the past for financing the building of dams in developing countries, Kim said Africa had to explore hydroelectric power as an alternative to fossil fuels.
