MCC Tariff Review & Regulation Activity

Ghana Power Compact - Regulatory Strengthening and Capacity Building Project - Tariff Review & Regulation Activity: (A) Facilitating one or more partnership arrangements with qualified organizations comprised of state, national or international regulatory practitioners and technical experts.

The partnership(s) will focus on regulatory strengthening (at the commissioner and key staff level) and enhancing the capacity of both PURC and the EC based on a skills gap analysis and needs assessment.

Information sharing with regulators and experts through partnership activities will help identify best practices in regulation as well as areas for improvement within the PURC and EC regulatory structures. (B) Various studies to include an updated cost of service study (at the levels of generation, transmission, and distribution), cost of unserved energy study, system losses study, willingness/ability to pay study, cross subsidization/lifeline study, quality of service performance index study, multiple dwelling study, and street lighting levy review.

The purpose of these studies is to support the development, approval and implementation of the Tariff Plan.

These studies will specifically address regulatory, policy, and infrastructure support to facilitate consumers' ability to sell power back to the grid (embedded generation, net metering and feed-in tariffs).

This Activity will also address the effectiveness of current dispute resolution mechanisms available for tariff decisions, tariff setting and related issues and, to the extent necessary, make recommendations to align with best practices.