Parliament has passed the Bui Power Authority, Amendment Bill 2020.
The new Act which amended the previous Act, 2007, Act 740 empowers the Authority to develop renewable energy and other clean energy alternatives in the country.
Deputy Minister of Energy, Joseph Cudjoe on behalf of the Minister John Peter Amewu explained that the Bui Power Authority was mandated to develop a hydroelectric power project on the Black Volta at Bui and any potential hydroelectric power site on the Black Volta.
However, the Authority has demonstrated enough institutional capacity in the area of renewable energy and successfully extended hydropower initiatives but its continuous investment and development of renewable energy has been questioned by auditors on several occasions as unlawful regarding the huge expenditure in an area which falls outside the scope of its mandate.
The Ministry of Energy consequently presented the Bill to address this anomaly and also give legal backing to the Authority to execute and manage certain renewable energy projects and any other clean energy alternatives for the purpose of generating electric power.
