As part of efforts to learn from success stories of power transmission companies in Africa and elsewhere to improve service delivery, the Ugandan Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) is in Ghana to learn from Ghana’s power transmission company, GRIDCo, and also explore partnerships.
The eight-member UETCL delegation, led by its Board Chairman Kwame Ejalu Ejuku, are being hosted by GRIDCo for one week.
GRIDCo will host technical sessions, and facility tours and consider areas of cooperation.
Welcoming the delegation to the headquarters of GRIDCo in Tema on Tuesday, the CEO of GRIDCo, Ing Ebenezer Kofi Essienyi said GRIDCo has made strides and hopes there is a lot the delegation can learn from its operations.
“GRIDCo has come a long way and for 14 years, it continues to strive for excellence to deliver on its mandate of a ‘reliable national GRID for development’,” he noted.
Amb. Kabral Blay-Amihere, Chairman of the GRIDCo Board, indicated, “From correspondence between our two companies and informal discussions, this visit will provide the platform for discussions about common challenges of the two entities, exchange of ideas and experiences with the view of collaboration and cooperation as we both fulfill our mandate to deliver sustainable and reliable power.”
Chairman of the Board of UETCL, Kwame Ejalu Ejuku, expressed thanks to GRIDCo for responding to its request to undertake the tour for purposes of benchmarking to have a full sense of the transmission business.
He indicated that they are aware of the maturity of GRIDCo as a transmission entity and its success in the coverage as well as management of its telecom assets through GRIDTel.
“GRIDCo, being one of the best run utilities in the region, offers lessons that UETCL can learn,” he said.
He said they expect that there will be a long-term relationship for the benefit of the two companies and our two countries.
GRIDCo operates the West African nation’s national transmission system and has 6,427.23km of transmission network while Ugandan Electricity Transmission Company Limited manages 3,385km of transmission network.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
