Electricity Company of Ghana Archives

02 May

ECG Attributes Power Outages In Parts Of Accra To Flooding Of Seven Substations

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cited flooding as the cause of power outages affecting several areas in Accra. In a press release issued on Thursday, May 2, ECG stated that seven substations, including Station H -Dzorwulu, Burma Camp L, Station D – Avenor, High Street AH, La Trade AJ, Lakeside Estate, and Gbawe, were inundated following heavy rainfall on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The flooding of these substations has disrupted power supply to the affected areas. ECG has assured the public that they are working in collaboration with the Ghana Fire Service to drain the flooded substations promptly,…

20 Oct

Power Supply From Sogakope BSP May Delay For Months – ECG

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that electricity power supply from the Sogakope Bulk Supply Point (BSP) might delay for months due to the flooding of the Point following the spillage of the Akosombo Dam. The Company shut down the Point to safeguard the Station, leading to power disruptions at Sogakope, Anloga, Keta, Akatsi South, Abor and North Tongu districts. Electricity power has, however, been supplied to the Adidome and its environs from Juapong and the remaining towns from the Aflao Bulk Supply Point (BSP). Mr Benjamin Obeng Antwi, Volta Regional Public Relations Officer of ECG, speaking to…

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…

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…

30 Mar

Power Debt Owed To ECG Was Inherited, We Will Pay Outstanding Debt – Electrochem

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The management of Electrochem Limited, a salt mining company owned by Dr. Daniel McKorley, has reacted to claims that it owes GH¢300,000 debt to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). This comes after an exercise carried out in the Ada District by the ECG Revenue Taskforce, discovered that the company had owed power debt accrued over the years. But the management of the company, interacting with journalists, explained that the debt situation was an inherited one after it took over the premises. They added that the company had inherited a debt about GH¢2 million from the previous occupants of the…

05 Jan

ECG, GWCL, BoG & GRA Among Institutions Under Probe By OSP

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The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has listed cases it is investigating. In its half-yearly report for the period between August and December, 2022, the Office stated that over 120 cases involving individuals and state-owned institutions are under investigation for corruption-related matters. Among the institutions are the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the Gaming Commission of Ghana (GCG), the National Sports Authority (NSA), the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Ghana Police Service (GPS). For ECG, the Office is investigating suspected corruption and corruption–related offences in respect of the termination of a Distribution, Loss Reduction and Associated Network Improvement Project contract between the Company and Beijing Xiao Cheng Technology (BXC).…

14 Dec

Ghana’s Economic Woes To Further Plummet With Bad Genser Deal Same As Financial Sector

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Workers of the Volta River Authority, Electricity Company of Ghana, GRIDCo and Ghana Gas have expressed dissatisfaction at government’s plan to sell off portion of its gas from Jubilee and TEN fields to Genser Energy Ghana Limited (GEGL). Looking at the current economic situation, it is feared that a change to our energy sector would plunge the country into chaos and further more challenges considering what the finance sector is experiencing. The workers again expressed anger & fear that the Energy Ministry is repeating same mistakes in the energy sector that led to the current struggles of Tema Oil Refinery…

13 Dec

Buy Enough Power For Christmas – ECG Warns Customers As It Announces Break

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has warned its customers using prepaid meters to purchase enough power to last them during and after the Christmas holidays. “Those of our customers who use prepaid meters should try and buy enough for their home this Christmas and after,” Public Relations Officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), William Boateng has advised. According to the PRO of the electricity distributor, it is likely customers are going to be stranded in finding power to buy because most of its outlet vendors are not going to work during the festive season, therefore the decision…