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MiDA TO IMPROVE POWER SUPPLY TO KASOA AND ENVIRONS
Residents and businesses in Kasoa and its environs will soon enjoy improved and reliable power supply following the construction of a modern Bulk Supply Point (BSP) in the Municipality. The Kasoa BSP, a 435 MVA Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) sub-station, when completed, will be the second largest BSP in the country after the Pokuase BSP, which is currently under construction.
Funding for the project is being provided by the United States Government, through its Agency the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), as part of the grant funds provided to Ghana under the Ghana Power Compact Program. The Program is funding among others two BSPs (the Kasoa and Pokuase BSPs), Primary Substations, Low Voltage (LV) Bifurcation Projects, Energy Efficiency Interventions in Public Institutions and capacity building support to Regulators of the power sector.
Ahead of the site handover to the Contractor for the start of construction works, which will begin on January 31, 2020, a three-day Kick Off Meeting organized by the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), which is the Accountable Entity of the Compact Program on behalf of the Government of Ghana and Siemens from France the Contractor for the Project, commenced on January 28. The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), both direct beneficiaries of the sub-station, Project Engineers SMEC PTY, Representatives of the MCC led by Ms Elizabeth Feleke, Deputy Resident Country Director, and other Consultants on the Project participated in the Meeting.
Kasoa BSP Project Kick-off meeting
Martin Eson-Benjamin, CEO of MiDA, in his remarks at the opening of the Meeting, said “this critical asset, is needed to improve services in order to meet the increasing demands of commerce, industry and numerous domestic consumers located in the very fast growing Kasoa Municipality and its environs”. He added that the BSP will help “boost socio-economic activities and support Government’s development agenda planned for the Municipality.”
Construction of the Bulk Substation and its related Interconnecting Circuits will take 18 months to complete. When finished, the infrastructure will contribute to reducing the frequency and duration of outages suffered by communities and businesses in and around Kasoa. It will also reduce the transmission and distribution system losses suffered by GRIDCo and ECG respectively and would ultimately improve the operational and financial performance of the Utilities.
The Kasoa BSP forms part of the Activities under the ECG Financial and Operational Turnaround (EFOT) Project. The Project seeks to make investments in ECG’s network in order to reduce technical, commercial, and collection losses and improve service quality.
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