Most sub-saharan countries wish to carry out reforms in the organisation of their power companies, Up to now, only three countries have operated major changes in their statutory system, A few others are well engaged in the process, but many still find themselves at a stage of definition and preparation of reforms, Delays observed in relation to agendas fixed initially can mainly be explained by hesitation of the decision-makers over the schemes to be maintained, as much because the solutions proposed do not provide totally satisfactory answers to the questions they are confronted with, because of the desire to explore other possibilities better adapted to the African reality, The recent advent of independent power production and of interconnection development projects in these countries, the impact of which needs to be fully assessed, can have an initial effect of slowing down the pace of reforms, but the possibilities these developments offer for diversification of power supply sources endow them with particular interest for the definition of new sectorial models,