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Ghana: Cenpower agrees to waive $66 million in receivables and reduce its electricity tariff

LE BRIEF • 2026-11-05

The renegotiated power purchase agreement also includes a ten-year extension. Immediate relief must be assessed alongside future obligations, whose detailed tariff terms are not public.

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LE BRIEF — Thursday, 5 November 2026, enriched consolidated edition By the LE BRIEF newsroom Country or region : Ghana Source publication : 4 November 2026 Event : Agreement presented at the Kpone anniversary; Ghanaian reporting dates the ceremony to 3 November Supplied photograph: a thermal power plant and tanks at night. Proposed Cenpower illustration; exact identification and date are uncertified. Photograph supplied to the newsroom; provenance and reproduction rights are undocumented. Ghana is continuing to renegotiate electricity-sector obligations. Cenpower Generation Company agreed to waive $66 million in receivables and reduce the tariff on electricity supplied, Energy News Africa reported on 4 November. The agreement concerns its contract with Electricity Company of Ghana. The report says the amended contract received the necessary government and parliamentary approvals. Debt to the producer had previously reached approximately $400 million. That historical figure is not automatically the remaining balance after payments and renegotiation. Debt relief in exchange for a longer contract In return for the announced concessions, Cenpower receives a ten-year extension to its power purchase agreement. The tariff reduction and waiver must therefore be assessed alongside the additional commitment period, not in isolation. The agreement was presented at Kpone's tenth-annivers...