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ECG Disconnects Accra Digital Centre Over GH¢600,000 Power Debt
18 Apr

ECG Disconnects Accra Digital Centre Over GH¢600,000 Power Debt

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The Electricity Company of Ghana, has disconnected power to the Accra Digital Centre over non-payment of a GH¢600,000 debt. The disconnection is part of a month-long exercise across all of ECG's operational areas to retrieve debts owed the Company, and to check for illegal connections. Speaking to the media, the Public Relations Officer of ECG, Accra West region, Fred Baimbill-Johnson noted that the exercise has become necessary to check compliance and generate revenue. He added that the exercise has since been successful so far. "As an electricity distribution company, disconnection is often our last resort when all efforts to retrieve…
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Kumasi Central Police Disconnected From National Grid Over Power Theft – ECG Boss Confirms
18 Apr

Kumasi Central Police Disconnected From National Grid Over Power Theft – ECG Boss Confirms

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Kumasi Central Police command has been cited by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for engaging in illegal connection and as a result, has been disconnected from the national grid. The Managing Director of ECG Mr. Samuel Dubik Mahama confirmed the theft and revealed that it was done through some illegal connection during monitoring by some staff of the company. “It is true, we noticed an illegal connection at the police command but we are going to have a discussion with the police to make sure we correct those issues. My staff saw some illegal connection there”. Mr. Samuel Dubik…
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‘We Will Be Visiting Our Meters Soon’ – ECG Boss Discloses Operation To Arrest Illegal Electricity Users
18 Apr

‘We Will Be Visiting Our Meters Soon’ – ECG Boss Discloses Operation To Arrest Illegal Electricity Users

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The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), lawyer Samuel Dubik Mahama has issued a stern warning to electricity users engaged in illegal connection of meters. The ECG has started an operation to collect monies owed them from their customers. The operation commenced from March 20 and will end on April 20, 2023. Speaking in an interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's 'kokrokoo' programme, the ECG Boss warned those who have illegally connected their meters to immediately correct it or desist from it, disclosing the company's next operation is to arrest all illegal users. He disclosed that ECG…
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ECG Recovers GH₵2.5bn From Customers
18 Apr

ECG Recovers GH₵2.5bn From Customers

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has retrieved half of its total debts after embarking on a nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise to recover all unpaid bills amounting to GH¢5.7 billion from its customers. The one-month exercise, targets domestic users, businesses, organisations, ministries, departments and state agencies for power already consumed from 2022 to this year. ECG announced that it would embark on a revenue mobilisation exercise from March 20 to April 20, 2023, to recover all debts owed by all categories of customers, including state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Consequently, the company was temporarily closing down all its administrative offices to deploy…
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ECG Disconnects 2,000 Houses Over Fake Meters At Koiman-New Site
17 Apr

ECG Disconnects 2,000 Houses Over Fake Meters At Koiman-New Site

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected over 2000 houses from the national grid over illegal connections. The Accra East Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana conducted the operation on Friday at the Koiman New site in the Ayi Mensa Koiman Electoral Area. During the exercise, it was noticed that almost all the houses in the area had been connected to illegal meters. Atinka TV’s Ebenezer Madugu reported that only three (3) out of the about 2,000 houses were having approved ECG meters. According to the ECG’s Accra East Regional Commercial Manager, Jonathan Asante, there are over 20,000…
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52 Customers Nabbed By Accra West ECG Over Power Theft
13 Apr

52 Customers Nabbed By Accra West ECG Over Power Theft

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As part of the campaign embarked on by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to go after monies owed them, 52 customers in the Accra West Region of ECG were found to have engaged in illegal connections. This, according to the ECG, are customers who are illegally connect to the grid and have refused to pay for the power they used. The result is the retrieval of GH¢750,000.00 worth of 550,000kWh of electricity illegally used by the customers. ECG’s Revenue Protection Manager for Accra West, Dr Mark Owusu Ansah noted that through the illegal connection, customers are able to use…
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Hohoe Bank Of Ghana, Melcom And Others Clear ECG Arrears
13 Apr

Hohoe Bank Of Ghana, Melcom And Others Clear ECG Arrears

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Many institutions in the Volta Region have settled their indebtedness to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) as the Company mobilises more than GHC27 million from clients within three weeks. This comes after the ECG launched an aggressive one-month revenue mobilisation campaign to retrieve 5.7 billion national debts with the Volta and Oti responsible for some GHC 220 million from its debtors to support the power sector and Ghana’s economy. He said ECG has made some progress in revenue collection and is poised to achieve its target. The exercise has seen the ECG Officials visit some state institutions, hotels, and…
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Man, 54, Arrested For Illegal Meter Installation; 7 Fake Meters Seized
07 Apr

Man, 54, Arrested For Illegal Meter Installation; 7 Fake Meters Seized

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Police in Abuakwa with support from the Revenue Protection Unit of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have arrested a 54-year-old man, John Fofie, for installing fake meters for some people in Kunsu in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region. He has been accused of replacing people’s post-paid meters which has debt on them with fake meters in the community. According to sources, ECG officials had installed new postpaid meters in the home of the affected people but routine checks by officers uncovered that the culprit had replaced the meters with fake ones. This came to light when…
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A/R: ECG Disconnects Power To Amansie South DCE’s Residence
07 Apr

A/R: ECG Disconnects Power To Amansie South DCE’s Residence

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The Ashanti Regional Office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) as part of its efforts to recover huge public debt has disconnected power supply to the Amansie South District Chief Executive’s official residence at Manso Adubia in the Ashanti Region. About four floodlights were on when the ECG taskforce arrived at the place. The residence of the Amansie South DCE , Clement Opoku, was among several private homes and public institutions disconnected during the exercise in Amansie South District. Also disconnected during the operation included some bungalows of the Amansie South District Assembly, Office of the Immigration Service in the district,…
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GRA Must Learn From ECG And Also Go Round To Collect Property Tax – AGI
06 Apr

GRA Must Learn From ECG And Also Go Round To Collect Property Tax – AGI

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Executive Member of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) Tsonam Akpeloo has asked the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to follow the example of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) that is going round to collect its debts, to also do the same and collect property tax. Tsonam Akpeloo indicated that property tax is one of the areas where the government can generate revenue, not only through taxing businesses. Speaking on the Ghana Tonight show on TV3 Wednesday, April 5 in connection with the three revenue bills – Excise Duty, Growth and Sustainability Levy and Income Amendment Bills – that have been approved by Parliament,…
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