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20 Mar

Parliament, ECG Hold Crunch Talks To Avert ‘Dumsor’ In The House

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Ghana’s parliament is holding talks with officials from the Electricity Company of Ghana over a GH¢13 million debt owed to the power distribution company. The development comes after ECG on Monday, March 20, 2023, embarked on a nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise with a focus on all categories of customers including state-owned enterprises. According to a myjoyline.com report, the conclusion of discussions will determine whether the House will be disconnected from the national grid or remain connected. As part of efforts to avert the disconnection, Parliament is said to have held advanced talks with the ECG to at least pay GH¢1 million of…

16 Mar

ECG Closes Down Offices Nationwide For A Month Beginning March 20

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that beginning Monday, March 20, 2023, it shall close down all of its offices across the country as it seeks to embark on a nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise. The power distribution company said the exercise which will last for one month period will take place from Monday, March 20, 2023 and end on Thursday, April 20, 2023. According to the ECG, the exercise shall affect operations at its Head office, Regional and District offices except for Customer Service Centres (CSC) to enable total participation by top Management and Staff. “This massive revenue…

14 Feb

ECG, NEDCo Indebtedness Impacting Negatively On Our Operations – GRIDCo

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The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCO) is warning that constant power supply could be hampered if its cash flow challenges are not addressed immediately. The Managing Director of the company, Ebenezer Kofi Essienyi said during a press briefing on Monday, that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) owe them GHC2.7 billion. According to Gridco, there is no clear-cut plan on the part of the debtors to clear the debt. “From our last count, I think it is about 2.7 billion – ECG and NEDCo. The debt impacts our operations …it is an issue that is…

13 Feb

One Dies In Ghastly Accident At Apimanim In Western Region

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Two essential service institutions in Cape Coast have been locked up by authorities on Monday, February 13, 2023. The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) was closed down by the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly. The assembly says the company has defaulted in payment of property rates and business operating permits since 2021. https://twitter.com/GHANANEWSAGENCY/status/1625061441580539905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1625061441580539905%7Ctwgr%5E94b9c877a44086e54e3debb9fe2c6cfe1ba75a25%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myjoyonline.com%2Fecg-ssnit-offices-in-cape-coast-shut-down-over-non-payment-of-property-rates%2F According to the Ghana News Agency, ECG is not the only entity affected by the action. The assembly also shut down the Central Regional capital’s Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) office. SSNIT has reportedly has not honoured payments since last year. Essentially, the two companies owe…

31 Jan

Consumption And Expected Cost For New Tariff To Be Catalogued In Reckoner – ECG

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that all unit consumption and expected cost for the upward review of electricity tariff will be systemised in a Reckoner. The Reckoner, the company says clearly explains how the tariff is applied and billed. “Please note that individual customers’ tariff percentage increase will depend on customer classification and consumption category,” the company announced on January 31. ECG said the reckoner will be displayed at all district and customer service centers nationwide to guide customers on their electricity purchases. The upward review of the electricity tariff for the first quarter will be implemented…

31 Jan

ECG Owes Bui Power Over $600m – PAC Urges Quick Recovery

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The Bui Power Authority (BPA) has been advised to expedite its rate of recovering a $614, 373,274.36 debt owed it by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). This is because the money owed the power generator has been indicated to be adversely affecting its ability to operate effectively and deliver on its mandate. The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, Dr James Klutse Avedzi, gave the advice when the Ministry of Energy and its agencies took their turn before the committee to answer queries raised by the Auditor General for the year 2022. “The indebtedness will not…

17 Jan

ECG Prepares Grounds For Tension-Free Year In Krobo District

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From the latter part of 2021 to 2022, Krobo district under Tema region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) stood out as a hot bed of threats, agitations, and disruptions amongst all the operational areas of the power distributor. This situation was a rippling effect of an impasse between some communities in the Krobo enclave and the utility provider which has dragged on for over five years. A number of factors contributed to the impasse from rejection and refusing to pay bills to kicking against introduction of prepaid meters. All these did not happen without demonstrations, loss of life,…

04 Jan

Criminals Target ECG Transformers With Over 20 Lost In Tema Region In 2022

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Transformers of the Electricity Company of Ghana ( ECG) in the Tema region continue to remain a target for criminals as the power distributor lost over 20 transformers in 2022. Prampram district alone recorded 18 incidents within the period. Kpone Senior High School area, PS Global, Abbey Lighthouse and Tsopoli Heaven’s Gate under the district are the locations where the incidents took place. Average of cost of transformers lost hovers around ¢69,000 with bigger ones costing even more. Apart from Prampram, Afienya district also had three transformers attacked in December. One fully functional transformer at White Estates near EMEF Estates…

04 Oct

Up Your ‘Propaganda’ Games- Adams Sabo Jabs NDC

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The Greater Accra regional communications Director for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Adams Sabo, has urged the opposition NDC to up their ‘propaganda’ games. According to him, one would have thought the NDC would find innovative ways to tell their story and also tell the truth than to resort to lies about the NPP government and pronounce phantom achievements during their administration. “But the NDC, in this instance, as in others, has shown that it is bereft of any new ideas and as such, will resort to lies. In any case, their propaganda is just too cheap. They should…

04 Oct

We Were Not On Top Of Our Game; We’re Sorry – ECG Boss Admits And Apologizes To Customers

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The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Mr Samuel Mahama has apologized to all customers of the company for the fault that interrupted purchase of power. He admitted that the fault was as a result of the company’s inability to be on top of its game. Addressing a press conference in Accra on Monday October 3, he said “I sell electricity with the company called Electricity Company of Ghana. I admit, our company admits fault that we were not able to deliver service to the customers, we are very sorry for that. “That was our fault that we were not…