The VRA is participating in the development of a power pooling mechanism to provide the West-African sub-region increased accessibility, availability and affordability to electricity under the auspices of the member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In this context, the VRA and GRIDCO are building the Ghana component of a new 330kV transmission line, which starts from Aboadze to Tema, and then to Momehagou ( Togo ) under the West African Power Pool Project. The line is expected to be completed and commissioned by the end of December, 2009.

The VRA is also the major foundation customer of the West African Gas Pipeline Project (WAGPP), which involves the construction of a 20 inch 600km long natural gas transmission pipeline and associated facilities to support the energy requirements of the West African sub-region.

330MW Combined Cycle Thermal Generation at Aboadze

The objective of the VRA's participation in the WAGPP is to substitute the environmentally cleaner and cheaper gas fuel for light crude oil in an era of rising cost of crude oil. This will significantly reduce the cost of thermal generation and increase electricity availability, accessibility and affordability.

The off-shore pipeline has been completed with the remaining on-shore pipeline works and other ancillary installations expected to be completed by December 2009. Compressed gas is expected at the Takoradi Thermal Power Station for commissioning of the gas turbines in 2010.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has acknowledged the VRA's distinctive competencies in power system operations, and therefore appointed the VRA as the principal consulting agency that implemented an Emergency Power Programme (EPP) beginning with a section of Monrovia , and terminating in March 2008 after years of conflict in Liberia . The EPP was in two phases: construction phase and the operation phase. It provided for 2.65MVA of power to Monrovia through distribution grids in Congo Town and Kru Town and was intended to serve institutional customers such as hospitals, schools, police stations, social and community facilities and for street lighting along the main route of the Grid.

The first phase of the EPP, which began in February 2006 was commissioned on July 26, 2006 on the occasion of the anniversary of Liberia 's Independence Day celebrations. The second phase of the EPP, which involved expansion of electricity to other parts of Monrovia , ended in July 2008.

The VRA is a founding member of the Union of Producers, Transporters and Distributors of Electric Power in Africa (UPDEA). UPDEA aims to promote the integration and development of the African power sector through active cooperation among its members and also between its members on one hand and all international power sector organizations and donors on the other hand. UPDEA is a permanent member of the Executive Council of the African Energy Commission and a preferred partner of the New Partnership for Africa 's Development (NEPAD).