Head of Monitoring at the National Sports Authority (NSA), Kwame Baa Mensah, has told government not to accept astronomical proposal from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) recently submitted a proposal to Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) for the increment in the tariff.
Part of the proposal reads, “The result of ECG’s tariff proposal for the next five years shows an approximately 148% increase on the current DSC1 in 2022 and an average increase of 7.6% year on year from 2023 to 2026. The high increase in the DSC1 for year 2022 could be attributed to the gap that has developed over the years between the actual cost recovery tariff and the PURC approved tariffs as well as the cost of completed projects”.
The statement continued, “ECG’s proposed DSC2 shows a higher increase of 28.4% in first year (2022) while that of the subsequent years’ increases by an average of 2% from 2022 to 2026”
But Kwame Baah advised on Movement TV that “Government should not accept any killer proposal from ECG. We should have a moment with the CEO’s and tell them our minds and how they are running the Institutions. The party holds power now, we need to cherish and protect it. We cannot break the eight with the attitude of some of the CEOs”.
He added that the leakages and debt in the energy sector should be looked at.