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A Weakened ECG To Rescue IPPs? – Terkper Asks

A Weakened ECG To Rescue IPPs? – Terkper Asks

Former Finance Minister Seth Terkper has indicated that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has been weakened. He was reacting to a meeting held with ECG on Friday, between the state power distributor and the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) which led to the suspension of the planned shutdown of power plants. Following the meeting, the managing director of the ECG Samuel Dubik Mahama explained that, per the agreement reached on the framework going forward with IPPs, ECG “agreed to stay current. So if I am current now, every month, you are okay.” He continued “We used interim in two forms.…
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Nima Resident Remanded After Being Charged For Stealing ECG Power Cables

Nima Resident Remanded After Being Charged For Stealing ECG Power Cables

A resident of Nima, Geoffrey Obuobi, has been charged with three counts, including stealing and causing unlawful damage. He has been remanded into custody by an Accra Circuit Court presided over by Bright Samuel Acquah. The suspect was arrested on June 13, 2023, by some residents of Nima with 1x185 copper cables valued at approximately GH¢1,900.00 in his possession as he attempted to escape. According to the prosecution, his arrest followed the rampant stealing of ECG copper cables from an ECG transformer in Nima, which often resulted in power outages in the community, prompting the service provider to replace the…
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ECG To Deploy 40,000 Prepaid Meters To Customers In Western Region

ECG To Deploy 40,000 Prepaid Meters To Customers In Western Region

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is to install about 40,000 prepaid meters for customers in the Western Region this year. “In about two weeks' time, we expect to take delivery of these meters and ensure that we start installing them for all those who have requested new services,” ECG’s Western Regional General Manager, Emmanuel Justice Ofori, told the media in Takoradi when he led a delegation of ECG management and a board member, Naana Nsarfoah, to pay a familiarisation visit to the Western Region Chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) press centre in Takoradi. He expressed hope that…
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ECG To Chase Customers Again Over Debts, Illegal Connections Effective Monday

ECG To Chase Customers Again Over Debts, Illegal Connections Effective Monday

The management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has informed customers that the company would embark on a nationwide revenue mobilization exercise again commencing Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June 2023. The management described this move as “massive.” This revenue mobilization will focus on all categories of customers in areas including state-owned enterprises, the management said. “The exercise will be monitored by special teams who will apprehend and prosecute customers who attempt to interfere with the exercise and/or undertake illegal self-reconnection after disconnection,” the company said. https://twitter.com/ECGghOfficial/status/1660922926512611334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1660922926512611334%7Ctwgr%5Ecbe1024d49d454f0a8ee64896bd35bf61d814653%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmovementtvonline.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D31044action%3Deditmessage%3D6 The ECG has been carrying out an exercise to collect all debts owed…
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Total Darkness As ECG Cuts Power To Kejetia New Market

Total Darkness As ECG Cuts Power To Kejetia New Market

The Kumasi Kejetia New Market in the Ashanti Region has been taken off the national grid by the Electricity Company of Ghana bringing trading activities at the facility to a halt. The Electricity Company of Ghana on Tuesday cut power to the facility over outstanding debt. A trusted source at the facility disclosed to OTEC News Jacob Agyenim Boateng that, the market owes GHC5.9 million arrears to the ECG company. Traders at the market however accused management of refusing to pay the bills to ECG leading to the disconnection. A visit to the market on Thursday May 11, 2023, showed…
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Full Details: Ghanaians To Embrace Load Shedding For Two Weeks

Full Details: Ghanaians To Embrace Load Shedding For Two Weeks

The Ghana Grid Company Ltd(GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana(ECG) are informing the public of power outages due to the shutdown of the Atuabo gas processing plant. In a press statement issued by the two companies which were sighted by wontumionline.com, there will be power outages from April 1 to April 7 to pave way for maintenance of the Atuabo gas processing plant. Full release below.....
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Bryan Buabeng On 100 Reasons Why Ghanaians Should Reject Mahama Again

Bryan Buabeng On 100 Reasons Why Ghanaians Should Reject Mahama Again

Fellow Ghanaians, we present to you a 100 out of the many reasons why it is prudent to renew the Akufo-Addo led NPP governments mandate to continue the good work, protect what we have achieved and transform our beloved country for the citizenry. They are a 100 reasons for you to find it suicidal to hand over this serious nation again to a candidate who is seeking to build his personal stomach infrastructure and run this forward looking nation aground with incompetence. We cannot trust our future with a man who needs our mandate to correct his mistakes after telling…
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