Modernizing Guinea Conakry’s electricity sector

A Power Sector Recovery Project supervised by the World Bank has been adopted by the Guinea Conakry’s Government since 2012 in order to put an end to the severe crisis of the Guinean power sector. This project aims at improving the technical and commercial performances of the national power utility company, Electricité de Guinée (EDG) through the execution of a short term program (less than five years) focusing on technical, economic and financial aspects.

In line with the objectives set in the performance contract signed between the Guinea Conakry’s Government and EDG, Veolia has been chosen to operate EDG’s management contract since October 2015.
Within the framework of this contract, Veolia will improve the management of facilities, the efficiency of the energy distribution network and the expansion of the network within the country. Key specific areas are covered: customer relationship management, technical performance, planning - operations & maintenance of installations, financial stewardship, human resources management, procurement and inventory management. 

During the first four years of the contract, Veolia will provide EDG with experienced operational staff to oversee operations - backed-up by non-resident experts for various specific missions.
The new Administrator of EDG, Mr. Abdendi Attou has been named in January 2016 by Presidential Decree.

 

FIRST YEAR RESULTS

  • Reduction of the number of blackouts from more than 40 per month in 2015 to less than 1 in end of 2016
  • Development of an efficient production plan allowing an 80% reduction on offloading hours
  • Rehabilitation and reinforcement of the production capacities allowing a 13% increase of the peak production
  • Enhanced reliability of the network through the construction of 8,2km of middle voltage (MV) lines, 23,6km of low voltage (LV) lines and the installation of 39 transformer substations
  • Collection ratio reaching up to 95%
  • Substantial savings thanks to the optimization of the inventory-purchase process and renegotiation of existing contracts
  • EDG team reorganization and implementation of a training program

4-year management contract based on key performance indicators

8 permanent executive directors

80% reduction of offloading hours in 2016