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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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Transformer Thieves In Volta Region Jailed 5 Years
02 Nov

Transformer Thieves In Volta Region Jailed 5 Years

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The Ho Circuit Court has sentenced two of the three suspects who were arrested by the Volta Regional Police Command for attempting to steal a transformer at Adaklu Tsrefe on October 5. The two Suspects, Sitsofe Agbodza 26 years and Deladem Kodzo Tsrakasu 29 years were sentenced to five years imprisonment each by the Circuit Court presided over by Joseph Nadaado Mac-Ali Junior on November 1, after both pleaded guilty to stealing and an attempt to destroy public property. The third suspect, Abdul Wahab Seydou, a 20-year-old plumber had his sentence deferred to the next three weeks after the circuit…
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Make Meters Available To Customers To Stop Illegal Connections – PURC To ECG
16 Oct

Make Meters Available To Customers To Stop Illegal Connections – PURC To ECG

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As part of measures to clamp down the sale and use of unapproved meters in the country, the Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Dr Ishmael Ackah, has called on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to make this essential commodity - meter - available to customers. He explained that some Ghanaians connect to the power and water illegally because they allege ECG and Ghana Water Company Limited do not hasten to come to their aid when they file a complaint or request for a meter. Mr Ackah in an interview with Joy News said, “When it…
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ECG Begins Querying Staff Cited In Exposé On Illegal Meter Sale
10 Oct

ECG Begins Querying Staff Cited In Exposé On Illegal Meter Sale

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The Electricity Company Ghana (ECG) has begun querying its staff cited in JoyNews’ exposé on illegal meter sales. A memorandum sighted by Myjoyonline.com and signed by the Director of Human Resources at the Accra East ECG office, Paul A. Okine was directed to an artisan, Mr Abraham Okine over his alleged involvement in the illegality. The memo said, “your action in the footage is intolerable offence contrary to the Company’s Collective Agreement, Appendix A (I, X and XVI). “You are therefore to explain in writing why disciplinary action should not be taken against you for the stated misconduct. “Your response…
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ECG, GWCL, NEDCo Pay GH¢1.2 Million As Compensation To Customers
09 Oct

ECG, GWCL, NEDCo Pay GH¢1.2 Million As Compensation To Customers

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) and Northern Electricity Company (NEDCo) have paid a total of GH¢1,297,118.17 to customers for the first six months of 2023 as compensation. The amount paid by the three utilities comprised of GH¢1,299,118.17 in the form of adjustment for billing challenges while GH¢5,000 was paid as compensation for damages caused to customers between January and June 2023. The ECG and NEDCo paid GH¢522,749.74 while GWCL paid GH¢769,368.43 as adjustment to customers as a result of billing challenges during the first six months of 2023. In terms of compensation, ECG and…
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ECG, GWCL, NEDCo Pay GH¢I.2M As Compensation To Customers
06 Oct

ECG, GWCL, NEDCo Pay GH¢I.2M As Compensation To Customers

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), and Northern Electricity Company (NEDCo) have paid a total of GH¢1,297,118.17 to customers for the first six months of 2023 as compensation. The amount paid by the three utilities comprised of GH¢1,299,118.17 in the form of adjustment for billing challenges while GH¢5,000 was paid as compensation for damages caused to customers between January and June 2023. The ECG and NEDCo paid GH¢522,749.74 while GWCL paid 769,368.43 as an adjustment to customers as a result of billing challenges during the first six months of 2023. In terms of compensation, ECG…
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ECG Arrests Carpenter For Allegedly Selling ‘Fake’ Meters
29 Sep

ECG Arrests Carpenter For Allegedly Selling ‘Fake’ Meters

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has apprehended a man involved in the alleged sale of counterfeit electricity meters at Adentan in Accra. This follows months of intensive investigation by ECG personnel. The suspect in question, a carpenter by trade, has confessed to being part of an illicit trade that involved the sale of approximately 40 fraudulent electricity meters. These counterfeit meters were being sold at a price of GH¢900 each. The Accra East Region of the ECG executed this operation in response to information gathered over several months. The intelligence gathering primarily focused on the Adentan New Site area.…
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ECG To Carry Out Special Exercise To Demand Payment Of Outstanding Bills
05 Sep

ECG To Carry Out Special Exercise To Demand Payment Of Outstanding Bills

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced its planned exercise to demand payment of outstanding bills from its customers. Dubbed Operation Zero, the electricity distribution company said its staff would visit all households to capture consumers not in their database and bill them instantly. ECG noted that it would be assisted by security agencies to apprehend and prosecute customers who attempt to interfere with the exercise. In a released sighted by GhanaWeb Business, ECG said, “Operation Zero will deploy ECG staff to customers' premises to demand payment of outstanding bills. Staff will also take the opportunity to visit all…
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