Ghana Energy Sector Recovery Program

The development objective of Energy Sector Recovery Program (ESRP) Project for Ghana is to improve the financial viability of the electricity distribution sector in Ghana and to increase access to clean cooking solutions. The program for results (PforR) program is a subset of the government’s ESRP program and Phase 1 of the National LPG Promotion Program (NLPGPP), to reduce the power sector’s revenue gap. The PforR Program’s scope is defined by the subset of activities of the ESRP aimed at (i) reducing costs of electricity purchases through improved economic dispatch, (ii) increasing revenue collection of the distribution utilities through supporting measures for reducing electricity losses; and (iii) improving the financial management system of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Specifically, this includes initiatives for providing support to implementation of performance improvement programs (PIPs) of the distribution utilities and for improving functions of Ghana Grid Company, Ltd. (GRIDCo) (both as a system operator and as a transmission asset owner). The PforR program shall have the following result areas: (i) Reduced power system costs through economic dispatch; (ii) Improved operational performance of ECG; (iii) Improved financial management systems and processes at ECG; and (iv) Increased access to clean cooking solutions.