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Embark On More Customer Education – Yilo Krobo MCE To ECG
02 May

Embark On More Customer Education – Yilo Krobo MCE To ECG

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The Municipal Chief Executive of the Yilo Krobo Municipal Assembly, Eric Tetteh, has called on the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to embark on more education for customers within the Krobo District. The MCE made this appeal while speaking with the media after he supported staff in the the Krobo District of ECG to fill potholes in Somanya on May Day, 2023. The staff filled potholes on the Djaba road and parts of the main Somanya road with help from some military personnel as part of efforts to improve on the cold relationship between the Somanya residents…
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ECG Collects GH¢63.6m Unpaid Revenue, Discovers 32,000kw Stolen Power In Eastern Region
28 Apr

ECG Collects GH¢63.6m Unpaid Revenue, Discovers 32,000kw Stolen Power In Eastern Region

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The Revenue Protection Unit of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Eastern Region recovered 32,000kilowatts hours of stolen power from five customers engaged in seven (7) illegal connections in Akwatia, Kade, Suhum and Koforidua during the month-long revenue mobilization exercise. Notable among the identified illegal connections is a Pub in Suhum which had bypassed a meter and a customer who connected power without authorization. The total stolen power amounted to GH¢38,000 out of which an amount of GH¢23,000 has been paid, the rest being paid in installments. This was revealed during a press conference addressed by the Eastern…
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ECG Courts Judicial Service Support To Curb Power Theft
28 Apr

ECG Courts Judicial Service Support To Curb Power Theft

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is working with the Judicial Service to introduce special utility courts in a bid to curb power theft cases across the country, the company’s deputy Managing Director of Engineering and Operations, Kojo Ayensu Obeng, has said. He noted that all cases of meter-tampering, meter by-passes and direct connections will be treated as theft cases and will be prosecuted as such. He added that domestic or business owners, including electrical professionals, who are found to have undertaken these illegal connections and power thefts will be liable for prosecution. The director made this known in a…
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ECG To Undertake Planned Maintenance In Parts Of Accra On Friday
20 Apr

ECG To Undertake Planned Maintenance In Parts Of Accra On Friday

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that it will undertake maintenance works in some parts of the Greater Accra Region (GAR). According to ECG, the maintenance work is to allow the power distributor to improve its service delivery. The power company in a notice stated that the work is scheduled to start on Friday, April 21, 2023, from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. According to ECG, areas to be affected as a result of the exercise are; Tesano, Abeka, Alajo, Caprice, North Kaneshie, Santana market, Achobo best, Kouttam, Poly product, Kane em, Duraplast, Ashfoam. The rest are Qualiplast,…
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ECG, GRA Negotiate To Offset GH¢600 Million Tax Obligation
20 Apr

ECG, GRA Negotiate To Offset GH¢600 Million Tax Obligation

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is negotiating with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to offset about GH¢600 million of its tax obligations to the state. The company intends to write off the debt of some “sensitive” public sector institutions that have accumulated over the years Mr Samuel Dubik Mahama, the Managing Director, ECG, who disclosed this in an interview said the amount would still not be enough “as we owe GRA over a billion Ghana cedis in taxes.” ECG has so far retrieved about GH¢2.5 billion out of GH¢5.7 billion debt it intends to recover from a month-long revenue mobilisation exercise.…
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ECG Disconnects Atta Mills, Ekumfi TI Ahmadiyya SHSs; Students Abandon Dormitories
20 Apr

ECG Disconnects Atta Mills, Ekumfi TI Ahmadiyya SHSs; Students Abandon Dormitories

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The John Evans Atta Mills Senior High School and Ekumfi TI Ahmadiyya SHS in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region, have been left in total darkness after personnel of the Electricity Company of Ghana disconnected their power over debt owed for several years. The situation, is said to have compelled some of the boarding students in the hostel facilities most especially females to abandon their dormitories and sleeping with their colleagues in town at night. Some of the Students who spoke to Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan said they are afraid something bad may have happened to them because both…
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Power Theft In Ashanti Region Alarming – ECG
19 Apr

Power Theft In Ashanti Region Alarming – ECG

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has described as alarming the rate of power theft in the Ashanti Region According to ECG, most companies and households in the region are on the national grid but pay nothing for the company The Manager for Revenue Protection in the Ashanti Region for ECG, Ing Kofi Danso said this in an interview with Captain Koda on the Kumasi-based OTEC 102.9 FM's morning show Nyansapo on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 This was disclosed by the Head of Disconnection for ECG in the region Ing. Kofi Danso on the Kumasi-based OTEC 102.9 FM's morning show…
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ECG To Outsource Debt Collection To A Private Company – MD
19 Apr

ECG To Outsource Debt Collection To A Private Company – MD

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it is considering other alternatives to retrieve funds from defaulting customers. According to the company's Managing Director, Samuel Dubik Mahama, his outfit would outsource the debt collection to private companies after the ongoing exercise ends on Friday. Mr. Mahama gave this hint on Accra-based Joy FM's 6:00 a.m. news on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. He admitted that all the money in default could not be retrieved in the stipulated time; therefore, the need to employ other options. "There is a possibility that we might even sell the debt to private institutions to go…
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Electricity: Bolga Tech University Disconnected For Owing Over GHS1m
19 Apr

Electricity: Bolga Tech University Disconnected For Owing Over GHS1m

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The VRA/NEDCo has disconnected the Bolgatanga Technical University from the national grid or owing an amount of GH¢1,083,215. The managmenet of the University only paid GH¢50,000 on Tuesday morning, 18 April 2023, but officials of VRA/ NEDCo said the amount was woefully inadequate and, thus, disconnected them. Speaking about the disconnection, Billing and Revenue Officer of VRA/NEDCo in the Upper East Area, Ing. Williams Asare said “We engaged the school’s authorities and as of February [2023], their indebtedness was GH¢1,083,215, and it appeared that they had gone to pay GH¢50,000 as of this morning which is woefully inadequate, and we…
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Report Illegal Connections And Get 6% Commission On Any Recovery – ECG
18 Apr

Report Illegal Connections And Get 6% Commission On Any Recovery – ECG

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a scheme to reward members of the public who will help the company recover monies due to the power producer. Speaking on the Monday, April 17, 2023, edition of Peace FM’s Kokrokoo morning show, the Managing Director of ECG, Samuel Dubik Mahama confirmed that ECG will pay a 6% reward to anyone who reports an illegal connection leading to a recovery. “It is 6%, you get a 6% commission. We are coming to publicise it. If you report anyone for engaging in illegal connection you will be given 6% out of the…
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