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Energy sector revenue management has been a legislative priority for the Ghanaian government since 2007, when commercial quantities of oil were discovered offshore. The government started with a revenue management act, called the Petroleum Revenue Management Act of 2011 (PRMA). The PRMA is likely to be amended, given the difficulties involved...

 

How did you assuage investors’ concerns about the creditworthiness of the Cenpower Kpone Independent Power Plant (KIPP)?

 

With the era of oil and gas under way in Ghana, the country’s legal and regulatory regime is still evolving and the roles of state agencies are changing. Yet amid the reforms the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), which is now more than three decades old, will continue to play a major part. GNPC is mandated to incorporate other...

 

For decades Ghana’s power supply outstripped demand, but that equation has shifted in recent years, with inconsistent electricity generation and transmission constraining economic growth. Traditionally the country has been a strong performer when it comes to power investment, and indeed, as the US Power Africa initiative notes, “as compared to...

 

What measures can be taken to ensure that power tariffs reflect the actual cost of generation?

 

Based on what is currently in the pipeline, Ghana could potentially face a glut of power in less than a decade. While not every project may make it from proposal to reality, there are nonetheless 22 entities with provisional licences to build conventional plants, and another 33 with similar permits to develop renewable energy facilities,...

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