COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ELECTRICITY TARIFFS IN ECOWAS MEMBER COUNTRIES

Abstract

This is a fact-finding comparative study and analysis of electricity tariffs in ECOWAS Member countries conducted by the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA) with support from the African Development Bank (the Bank) to provide requisite tariff information for stakeholders and a consistent basis for comparing tariffs across the ECOWAS region.

The Bank acknowledges the key role that related issues of tariff levels, underlying drivers of tariffs, and variations of tariffs and tariff frameworks across countries within a region play in regional electricity trade and making investment decisions. Notwithstanding the critical role of tariff information in policy and investment decisions, they are not readily available in the ECOWAS region as well as other regions on the continent.