General News of Monday, 8 April 2019Source: Gabby Asare Otchere DarkoGabby Asare Otchere Darko writes: How the Akufo-Addo gov’t saved Ghana over $7bnGabby Asare Otchere DarkoThe NPP has saved Ghana over $7bn that we otherwise would have paid because John Mahama decides to sign us on for power we had to pay for even though we would never get to use! Another 18 PPAs signed by ECG with a combined capacity of about 6,000MW and 8 PPAs were under discussions with total capacity of 2116MW. 8 PPAs with combined capacity of 2070 are to proceed without modification;II. 3 PPAs with a combined capacity of 1,150MW be deferred beyond 2025; andIIII. Pursuant to the review exercise, Government stands to make significant savings from the deferment and/or termination of the reviewed PPAs.

Source: GhanaWeb April 08, 2019 00:22 UTC