Ghana Electricity Crisis (Dumsor

The Causes, Disadvantages And Solutions

The backbone of the development of any country’s economy during this technological age is ELECTRICITY/ENERGY and so a reason why any country which is willing or is eager to develop has to not just have it but do so in abundance. In Ghana, a majority of our source of electricity comes from hydro-electric dams and thermal plants, with a large number of them being managed by Volta River Authority (VRA) and Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCO) which are both government owned and a few of these power plants managed by some Independent Power Producers (IPPs) such as the Shenzhen Energy Group. VRA is responsible for the generation of electricity while GRIDCO is only responsible for its transmission. continued