The Volta Regional Minister, Hon. James Gunu has led Stakeholder dialogue between ECG and Concerned Citizens of Sogakope over Power Supply, billing and Customer Service Issues. The engagement with the leadership of the Concerned Citizens and key stakeholders of Sogakope was to address concerns relating to power supply, customer billing, and service delivery within the […]
Engineers of the Electricity Company of Ghana in the Ashanti region have defied a python invasion at one of their substations at Ahodwo to restore power to residents. At about 9 am on Wednesday, 24th April, 2026, residents along the Ahodwo-Daban-Dr. Asafo Adjei Road were plunged into an outage following a fault on the distribution […]
President John Dramani Mahama has assured Ghanaians that recent power outages across parts of the country are the result of ongoing system upgrades and not a return to the prolonged electricity crisis popularly known as “dumsor”. The President’s remarks come amid growing public concern over intermittent power supply, with some residents fearing a relapse into […]
The government is set to digitise how Ghanaians report power outages, with plans to introduce a WhatsApp-based system that will allow users to report faults instantly and trigger a rapid response from technical teams. The initiative, according to the Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, is aimed at eliminating delays associated with traditional […]
The Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Dr Shaffic Suleman, says Ghana’s electricity demand is rising far beyond official projections, driven by economic stability and growing consumer confidence. Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Wednesday, he revealed that consumption growth has overtaken the expected annual targets. “We are now consuming more […]
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has come under intense scrutiny after revelations of massive budget overruns at Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The utility company’s Chief Executive and his team were grilled over unapproved spending amounting to GH¢189.2 million. Citing details from the 2024 Auditor-General’s Report, Ranking Member Samuel Atta Mills delivered a blistering […]
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has referred the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to the Attorney-General’s Department for possible prosecution over what it described as gross financial indiscipline, budget overruns and breaches of the Public Financial Management Act. At a sitting on Tuesday [Oct 28, 2025], the committee, chaired by […]
The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has called for the replacement of prepaid meters with postpaid meters in all senior high schools (SHSs) in the country to avoid disruptions. It said the continued use of prepaid electricity meters in the schools caused unnecessary operational disruptions, affecting academic work and campus security. “It […]
Chairman of Parliament’s Energy Committee, Emmanuel Bedzrah, has vowed never to approve any proposal brought forward by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). “As the Chairman of the Energy Committee, I will not approve of anything that ECG will bring to us,” he declared on Joy News’ PM Express on September 9. Mr. Bedzrah’s stance comes in […]
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cautioned the public against the unauthorised transfer of electricity meters, describing the act as illegal and punishable by law. According to ECG, all meters issued by the company are registered to specific locations and must not be moved without formal approval. Unauthorised transfers, the utility provider says, can […]
The Ministry of Energy has retrieved 2,637 containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), twice the number of containers presumed to have gone missing with their contents. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Graphic’s Timothy Gobah in Accra on Monday (May 26), the Spokesperson for the ministry, Richmond Rockson, said the committee […]
President John Mahama has assured Ghanaians that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will not be privatised, despite ongoing concerns about the state of the country’s power sector. Speaking at the May Day celebration at Black Star Square on Thursday, May 1, he addressed growing fears about the possible privatisation of ECG, stating clearly that […]
