1. 1 West African Power Pool (WAPP)

2. 2 West African Power Pool Members SBEE (Benin) SONABEL (Burkina Faso) SOGEPE (Côte d’Ivoire) SOPIE (Côte d’Ivoire) NAWEC (The Gambia) ECG (Ghana) VRA (Ghana) EDG (Guinea) LEC (Liberia) EDM (Mali) PHCN (Nigeria) SENELEC (Senegal) NPA (Sierra Leone) CEB (Togo / Benin) SOGEM (Senegal / Mali / Mauritania)

3. 3 West African Power Pool – Overview Pool created in 1999 Main objective: to promote infrastructure development in West Africa and develop an integrated, sustainable, regional electricity market Key activities undertaken so far: Revised ECOWAS Master Plan 2004 World Bank $350 million WAPP APL loan program approved 2005 WAPP organisation established as association of utilities 2006 WAPP donor coordination (10 th meeting of committee, Paris Sept 2006) Operation Manual for interconnected system, Sept 2006 Next key activities planned: Close finance for Volta-Momé Hagou-Sakété 330kV interconnection (Ghana-Togo-Benin) Pre-investment studies for interconnections Ghana-Burkina Faso and Ghana-Burkina Faso-Mali during 2007 Mobilising funds for OMVG (donors conference, January 2007) Mobilising funds for Liberia-Sierra Leone-Guinea Securing finance for emergency power support programmes throughout the sub-region Medium voltage cross-border projects

4. 4 Current WAPP Projects – Generation Type (1) GAS GEN Country (ies) Nigeria Project name Papalanto, Omotso, Geregu, Alaoji, Eyaen, Sapele, Egbema, Gbarain, Omoku, Ibom, Alscon, Calabar Status Under construction (1) Key: REHAB: rehabilitation and expansion project – HYD GEN: hydropower plant – GAS GEN: gas-fired generation project DIV GEN: other type of power plant – TRANS: transmission project – DIST: distribution project – OTHER: other type Est. Project Completion 2007-8 Nr. 1 DIV GENSenegalKounoune I, Kounoune IIUnder construction 2007-82 GAS GENGhanaTakoradi conversion to gas plus steam turbine Bid process2007-83 HYD GENMaliFélouBid process20104

5. 5 Current WAPP Projects – Transmission Type (1) TRANS Country (ies) Nigeria-Benin Project name Ikeja West – Sakété Status Under construction (1) Key: REHAB: rehabilitation and expansion project – HYD GEN: hydropower plant – GAS GEN: gas-fired generation project DIV GEN: other type of power plant – TRANS: transmission project – DIST: distribution project – OTHER: other type Est. Project Completion 1Q 2007 Nr. 5 TRANSGhanaAboadze-VoltaUnder construction 20086 TRANSBurkina FasoBobo Dioulasso- Ouagadougou Bid process20087 TRANSGhana-Togo-BeninVolta-Momé Hagou-SaketeSecuring finance20098

6. 6 Upcoming Key WAPP Projects (I) Type (1) GAS GEN Country (ies) Ghana Project name Tema Est. cost ($M) 250 (1) Key: REHAB: rehabilitation and expansion project – HYD GEN: hydropower plant – GAS GEN: gas-fired generation project DIV GEN: other type of power plant – TRANS: transmission project – DIST: distribution project – OTHER: other type Est. Readiness 2007 Nr. 1 HYD GEN TRANS Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, The Gambia, Senegal OMVG100020072 REHAB (HYD GEN) NigeriaKainji, Jebba10020073 TRANSGhanaAboadze-Prestea-Kumasi- Wa-Han-Tumu 2402007-84

7. 7 Upcoming Key WAPP Projects (II) Type (1) TRANS Country (ies) Ghana-Burkina Faso Ghana-Burkina Faso- Mali Project name Bolgatanga-Ouagadougou Han-Bobo Dioulasso- Sikasso-Bamako Est. cost ($M) 330 (1) Key: REHAB: rehabilitation and expansion project – HYD GEN: hydropower plant – GAS GEN: gas-fired generation project DIV GEN: other type of power plant – TRANS: transmission project – DIST: distribution project – OTHER: other type Est. Readiness 2007-8 Nr. 5 HYD GEN TRANS Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea OMVS250 80 20086 OTHER (ICC Building, Equipment, Communications) West Africa (ICC located Benin; comm’s with national control centres) Information & Coordination Centre (ICC)652008-9 7 TRANS HYD GEN Côte d’Ivoire-Liberia- Sierra Leone-Guinea Liberia-Sierra Leone-Guinea340 450 2008-98