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ECG Disconnects Accra Sports Stadium Over GH¢400,000 Debt
20 Feb

ECG Disconnects Accra Sports Stadium Over GH¢400,000 Debt

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has disconnected power to the Accra Sports Stadium over a GH¢400,000 debt owed the country’s power distributor. The disconnection was done on Monday evening as workers work in realest to put the facility in shape to host Friday’s Paris 2024 Olympic football qualifier match between Zambia’s women’s national team and Ghana’s Black Queens. It is not for first time ECG has cut power to the stadium over its oiling debt. In March 2022, the National Task Force of ECG disconnected power supply to the stadium over a debt to the tune of GH¢508,000.00. Other…
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Accra Academy Power Disconnection Due To GH¢400K – ECG Clarifies
20 Feb

Accra Academy Power Disconnection Due To GH¢400K – ECG Clarifies

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disclosed that Accra Academy Senior High School was disconnected from the power grid due to an outstanding debt of GH¢400,000. The power outage occurred on Monday, February 19, affecting both the school and some on-campus teachers who also faced disconnection. A teacher, requesting anonymity, clarified that the school is not directly responsible for settling the debt, and they are unaware of the specific amount owed to the power distribution company. Paul Agraga, the head of prosecution at ECG, explained in an interview on Citi FM's Breakfast Show that the disconnection is part of…
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ECG Goes After Power Thieves
19 Feb

ECG Goes After Power Thieves

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The Electricity Company of Ghana has said it had intensified an exercise intended to reduce energy theft, as well as its commercial losses. The exercise is also intended to ensure revenue generation and enhance service delivery and curb the company’s commercial losses. Although the move started last year as part of ECG’s revenue moblisation exercise, it has been scaled up and will see members of the ECG task force visiting every installation nationwide, either prepaid or postpaid to thoroughly assess the front and back sides of ECG meters to verify its integrity. The Director, Communication of the ECG, William Boateng…
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ECG To Migrate Metre Application, Other Services Online Effective Feb. 1
29 Jan

ECG To Migrate Metre Application, Other Services Online Effective Feb. 1

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The Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) has announced that applications such as new service, separate meter, and additional load will be moved and can only be done online through the ECG Mobile App effective February 1, 2024. ECG, in a notice, said the migration forms part of its digital transformational agenda as well “as ECG’s quest to provide customers with a more efficient and hassle-free customer service.” Customers are urged to provide accurate and active contact details in the application process, as all corresponding responses will be done through the telephone numbers provided during the application. “Customers should note…
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ECG Unveils Aggressive Campaign Against Illegal Connections
22 Jan

ECG Unveils Aggressive Campaign Against Illegal Connections

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The Director of Communication for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), William Boateng, has announced a tough initiative to combat illegal connections. Mr. Boateng revealed that, tackling illegal connections poses a significant challenge for the ECG. “The pressure is too much, and we are working tirelessly. We have access to any court of jurisdiction and will send those people who are caught in that act to court. We will take back our money, publish their names, and display their photos in the media to prevent illegal connections,” he said in an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Monday. He said…
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ECG Lost GH¢2.4 Million During Volta Floods
11 Jan

ECG Lost GH¢2.4 Million During Volta Floods

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) lost GH¢2.4 million for unserved energy as a result of the disastrous floods which hit Tongu and other parts of the Volta Region last year. The floods prompted the shutting down of the Sogakope power substation of the company. Further, the power network of the region had to be reinforced at GH¢2.866 million to serve customers. The Volta/Oti Regional General Manager of ECG, Christina Jatoe-Kaleo, disclosed these at a media soiree in Ho during the yuletide. She said the floods affected power supplies in communities from Adidome to Keta, as a result of which…
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Two Arrested Over Sale Of ECG Meters
10 Nov

Two Arrested Over Sale Of ECG Meters

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has dragged two persons before an Accra Circuit Court for conspiring and illegally selling the company’s meter. Charles Kotei and Frank Ofori have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and intentionally interfering with the ECG’s distribution system. The two pleaded not guilty. The court presided over by Mr Samuel Bright Acquah admitted Kotei and Ofori to bail in the sum of GHS20,000 with two sureties each, who should be Ghanaians. The prosecution led by Mr Paul Assibi Abariga told the court that the complainant in the case, Ankudey Rocky, is an ECG Technician,…
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ECG Cable Thief Jailed 1 Year, Power Thief Remanded
07 Nov

ECG Cable Thief Jailed 1 Year, Power Thief Remanded

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An unemployed resident of Dansoman in Accra, has been sentenced to your a year in prison for stealing electricity cables belonging to the Accra East Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Geoffrey Oboubi, according to court documents had used a cutter to cut core copper cable measuring 1×185 and valued at GHc7,550 belonging to the power distributor. He was caught pulling the stolen cable from a transformer at Ridge when officials of ECG who were responding to a power outage arrived at the scene. Oboubi was arrested and charged with one count of stealing, one count of unlawful…
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ECG Undertakes Operation ‘Fix The Bill; Pay The Bill’ For Post-Paid Customers
06 Nov

ECG Undertakes Operation ‘Fix The Bill; Pay The Bill’ For Post-Paid Customers

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The Electricity Company of Ghana is set to undertake a four-week drive to fix all post-paid meter billing challenges across the country. The exercise, which has been dubbed operation ‘fix the bill, pay the bill’ comes in response to several concerns raised by customers over wrong billing in the past few months. Speaking to JoyNews, External Communications Manager of ECG, Laila Abubakari said the exercise is aimed at “providing better services to our customers, for them not to steal power from us and to be happy enough to pay us what they owe us, especially for our postpaid customers who…
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Scrap Dealers Vandalise, Steal ECG Switchgears
03 Nov

Scrap Dealers Vandalise, Steal ECG Switchgears

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Fifteen switchgears installed in various com­munities by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Accra, have been vandalised and its parts stolen. According to the Accra East Region ECG General Manager, Bismark Otoo, the vandalisation of the switchgears resulted in the recent occasional power outages in some parts of Accra. He said the destruction of the switchgears are mostly concentrat­ed in Cantonments, Ridge, Osu, Airport and Dzorwulu vicinities. Speaking in an interview with Ghanaian Times in Accra, yesterday, Mr Otoo said the perpetrators of the crime targeted the metallic end-covers of the switchgears, thereby exposing the livewire part of the high voltage…
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