About the Ghana PPA Portal
Overview
The Ghana PPA Portal is a public platform providing access to essential information on Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) in Ghana.
The portal is designed to make information on electricity procurement more accessible, searchable and easier to understand. It brings together information on published public-private PPAs and provides tools and resources to help users explore individual contracts, compare contractual details and better understand Ghana's electricity procurement landscape.
Particularly, the portal seeks to promote greater transparency and accountability in the electricity sector and support informed decision-making by government, investors, researchers, civil society, the media and the general public.
The current portal succeeds the Power Purchase Agreement Register hosted by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC).
Why this portal?
PPAs establish the contractual arrangements under which electricity generated by Independent Power Producers (IPPs) is supplied to an off-taker (usually a public utility), often over a long period.
The terms of these agreements can have implications for electricity supply, investment, sector planning and the financial commitments associated with power procurement. Yet contractual information can be difficult for the public and other stakeholders to locate, access and interpret.
The Ghana PPA Portal was developed to help address this information gap. The portal serves as a central platform through which users can access essential information on existing PPAs and use that information to better understand Ghana's power procurement arrangements.
What can you find on the portal?
The portal provides information and resources including:
- Downloadable PDF of contract documents
- Summarized information on PPAs
- Key project information
- Tools for searching and comparing contracts
- Resources explaining PPAs, the need for their transparency, and answers to some FAQs
How can the portal be used?
The portal is intended to make contractual information useful to a wide range of users.
Users can search for and explore individual contracts, examine key contractual information, compare agreements and analyse Ghana's PPA portfolio.
Researchers and analysts may use the information to conduct further analysis of Ghana's electricity sector. Policymakers and public institutions can use the information to support evidence-based decision-making and sector oversight. Civil society organisations, journalists and members of the public can use the portal to better understand electricity procurement and the commitments associated with power contracts.
Our approach to transparency
The operating principle of the portal is "Disclosure by Default, Redaction by Exception." This approach seeks to strike a practical balance between providing sufficient information to promote transparency and accountability and protecting legitimate requirements for confidentiality.
Under this approach, information is made available by default, with redaction applied only where there is a legitimate basis for withholding specific information. This ensures that confidentiality is treated as an exception to transparency rather than the starting point for determining what information should be made public.
Who is the portal for?
The portal is intended for anyone seeking to understand Ghana's electricity procurement arrangements.
- Government institutions and public officials
- Electricity-sector regulators and market participants
- Independent Power Producers and other investors
- Researchers and academics
- Civil society organisations and development partners
- Journalists, media organisations and members of the public
Our partners
The Ghana PPA Portal is developed and managed by the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition, in collaboration with the Energy Commission and other government institutions, and with technical support from the Energy for Growth Hub.
The portal is also supported by civil society organisations with a core focus on public-sector transparency and accountability, including IEA-Ghana, NRGI, OGP, and TI.
Important information
The information presented on this portal is intended to facilitate access to and understanding of available contractual and sector information.
Information presented as summaries or key contractual terms should not be treated as a substitute for the underlying agreement or applicable laws and regulations. Contractual arrangements should be considered together with the wider legal and regulatory framework governing Ghana's electricity sector.
The portal will be updated as additional information becomes available and/or as published contractual information is amended or supplemented.