Northern Electricity Distribution Company
Northern Electricity Distribution Company is an electricity distribution utility company in Ghana. The company is a subsidiary of the Volta River Authority, the main electricity generation company in the country. The company is the sole supplier of electricity to the five Northern Regions of Ghana: Northern Region, Upper East Region, Savanna Region, North East Region and Upper West Region, Bono, Bono East, Ahafo Regions and part of the Ashanti and Volta Regions. The Electricity Company of Ghana supplies the other regions.
History
It was established in April 1987. The Upper Area, Northern Area, and Brong-Ahafo Area were the first three functioning areas of NED when it first began.In response to the Power Sector Reforms in 1997, NEDCo was formed out of NED and registered by VRA as a subsidiary. NEDCo was operationalized in May 2012 and has its Headquarters in Tamale, the Northern Regional Capital.The mission of the company ''is to "procure and distribute electricity efficiently, safely, and reliably in the northern sector of Ghana in a commercially viable manner."''