Generation assets and group entities
The physical base of the Authority: hydro, thermal and renewable plants, the water assets that feed them, and the subsidiaries that sit beside them. This role is mapped to the whole fleet.
Capacity mix
Share of published installed capacity by technology
Percentages are derived from the published capacity table. The table's rows sum to 2,447 MW against a stated total of 2,547 MW; the site notes a further 100 MW relocated to Anwomaso, which reconciles the difference.
Group entities
Seven subsidiaries and business units
- Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo)Distribution in northern Ghana
- VRA Property Holding Company (PROPCo)Property development and estates
- VRA International Schools Limited (VISL)International education
- VRA Health Services Limited (VHSL)Hospitals and clinics
- Volta Lake Transport Company (VLTC)Lake transport and ferries
- Akosombo Hotels Limited (AHL)Hospitality
- Kpong Farms Limited (KFL)Agribusiness
Source: VRA annual reports and corporate site. NEDCo operates its own distribution systems.
Akosombo Generating Station
Hydro · Eastern
- Installed capacity
- 1,020 MW
- Units
- 6 × 170 MW
- Location
- Akosombo, Eastern
- Commissioned
- 1965
- Fuel
- Water
- Custodian
- Hydro Generation
Six 170 MW units on the Volta River; the backbone of the Authority's hydro fleet.
Boundaries worth stating
An executive demo is more credible when it knows what it does not own
Ghana's transmission network is operated by GRIDCo, which took over the transmission function. A VRA platform should not present itself as a national grid operator.
Retail distribution in the northern half of the country runs through NEDCo, a VRA subsidiary, with its own systems and reporting.
Bulk and retail tariffs are set through PURC processes, so tariff scenarios are an input to negotiation, not a dial the Authority can simply turn.