Ghana: ECG, VRA restructuring

With strong international support, the government is pushing ahead with the restructuring of state distribution companies Electricity Corporation of Ghana (ECG) and Volta River Authority (VRA) subsidiary Northern Electricity Distribution Company to create much stronger offtakers whose more robust power project agreements can encourage investment by independent power producers, power minister Kwabena Donkor told the Africa Energy Forum (AEF) in Dubai on 9 June.