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11 Jul

ECG’s GH₵540m ‘Discretionary Spending’ Baffles ACEP

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The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) wants answers to the Electricity Company’s (ECG) GH₵540million discretionary spending despite tight liquidity concerns within the power sector. ACEP, in statement, said the power distribution company discretionally spent GH₵540million out of the GH₵1.1billion it retrieved from consumers in March and April this year under the ongoing debt recovering exercise, without justification and in the face of tight liquidity concerns within the power value chain. Challenges in the sector are well-documented, with government struggling to settle a debt of GH₵1.9billion to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by June end – due to the ECG’s inability…

04 Jul

ECG, Police, BoG And 5 Other Public Institutions Being ‘Grilled’ By Special Prosecutor

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The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng has released his half-yearly report of activities which his office has overseen for the first half of the year. The report offers insight into the corruption cases investigated and prosecuted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor. The report also highlights cases before him, those in court, those which have been concluded among others. This is the third half-yearly report under his tenure as Special Prosecutor. The Special Prosecutor, in his report, indicated that there are currently some 150 cases of various natures before him for investigation. Among these, Kissi Agyebeng’s office highlighted some 8 public institutions which…

03 Jul

A Weakened ECG To Rescue IPPs? – Terkper Asks

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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.…

20 Jun

Nima Resident Remanded After Being Charged For Stealing ECG Power Cables

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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…

12 Jun

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

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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…

31 May

ECG Uncovers Customer Who Illegally Connected His Meter To Over 30 Structures

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Personnel of the Afienya District of the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, discovered that one customer had connected electricity to 33 other structures within the same vicinity at Gbetsile, a suburb of Greater Accra Region. The discovery was made as part of the ECG’s recent national revenue mobilization drive, which started on Monday, May 29, 2023, and is expected to end on Friday, June 2, 2023. Briefing the media, the District Manager for ECG Afienya District, Ing. Daniel Mensah-Asare indicated that as part of the exercise, “we also check on the state of the meters…

25 May

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

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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%5E514cd28f0220dc66bfbf9ed0b3b38497cd95ea41%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F3news.com%2Fecg-to-chase-customers-again-over-debts-illegal-connections-effective-monday%2F The ECG has been carrying out an exercise to collect all debts owed…

12 May

Total Darkness As ECG Cuts Power To Kejetia New Market

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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…

07 May

Monies Don’t Get Vanished From Meters; You Pay More As You Use More – ECG Representatives

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Two officials from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)Leila Abubakari, Manager, External Communications, and Kwame Afari Cheku, Manager for Billing have provided answers to questions ECG customers frequently ask about on the Sunrise show on 3FM. Tackling issues of interrupted power supply, Leila Abubakari explained that; “It is physics and it’s bound to be affected by certain elements. If your wire passes through a certain environment, it will be a challenge to stay on all the time. Sometimes trees are heavy on the wires, networks are overloaded, transformers, getting burnt, not able to reach amount of load that is demanded by customers…

04 May

ECG Collects GH¢63.6 Million Debt From Customers

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has collected a total of GH¢63.6 million cedis debt between March 20 and April 20 during the nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise in the Eastern Region. The region had a target of recovering GH¢231 million cedis from its customers including state institutions such as Senior High Schools and security agencies under the special revenue mobilisation exercise. Mrs Sariel Etwire, Eastern Regional General Manager of the ECG disclosed this to the media in Koforidua. “Both Special Load Tariff (SLT) customers and Non-Special Load Tariff (NSLT) customers supported the exercise by coming out in their numbers to…