{"id":160505,"date":"2015-10-17T08:20:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-17T08:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=160505"},"modified":"2015-10-17T08:20:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T08:20:38","slug":"vra-pushes-for-tariff-increment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/vra-pushes-for-tariff-increment\/","title":{"rendered":"VRA pushes for tariff increment"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has made a strong case to back calls for tariff increment, in order to sustain its operations.<\/p>\n
Many Ghanaians are against the proposed increment while others say they will accept an increment only if power supply improves significantly.<\/p>\n
The country has been experiencing one of the worst power crises over a year now as demand has outstripped supply.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”HWpHmvUfR1h3o3wo11u50NKuTkk8oiB5″]Amongst other mitigating measures, the country is expecting two emergency power barges from Turkey, with one expected to arrive in November.<\/p>\n
In the midst of the challenges however, the meager megawatts of power being distributed in an ongoing nationwide load shedding, is being threatened by the lack of natural gas from Nigeria to power plants at the Volta River Authority (VRA).<\/p>\n
This follows government\u2019s huge indebtedness of over 180 million dollars to the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) and Nigeria Gas Association, N-Gas.<\/p>\n