Parliament has been reconnected to the national grid after the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) task force disconnected the Legislature. The development was over the House’s GH₵23 million debt owed the distribution company. The chamber of Parliament was plunged into darkness, as well as the MPs’ offices, resulting in staff and members being stuck in […]
An unidentified man, believed to be in his 30’s has been found dead by the Nsawam District Police. The decomposing body was found under a high tension pole in the bush at ‘Combined Farm’ at Dobro, near Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The deceased is believed to have been electrocuted while attempting to steal a […]
The government has officially announced the suspension of the VAT on electricity. Accra, Wednesday, 7th February, 2024… Reference is made to the Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) letter to the Electricity Company of Ghana, Ltd (ECG) and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO) on the above subject dated 12th December 2023; as well as MoF’s Press […]
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that it will be undertaking an intensive nationwide exercise dubbed “Operation No Free Consumption” from today, February 1, to Friday, February 15, 2024. The two-week-long operation seeks to clamp down on power theft by customers who are consuming electricity without paying for it. During this exercise, ECG […]
In the wake of disagreements about the government’s decision to impose a new Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity consumers beyond the lifeline threshold, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the implementing agency, has raised concerns about the law imposing the tax. Although ECG and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO) had been directed to […]
The Policy Lead for Petroleum and Conventional Energy at the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Kodzo Yaotse, has joined calls for the Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity to be scrapped. The government in its instruction to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) tasked it to collaborate with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and […]
Economist and former Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Prof. Stephen Adei, is kicking against the newly introduced VAT on domestic electricity consumption. He insists it will worsen the plight of consumers and make businesses uncompetitive. His comments come on the back of a government directive to the GRA to liaise with the […]
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) lost GH¢2.4 million for unserved energy as a result of the disastrous floods which hit Tongu and other parts of the Volta Region last year. The floods prompted the shutting down of the Sogakope power substation of the company. Further, the power network of the region had to be […]
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has explained the processes leading to the soaring revenues of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). He said prior to the digitisation of ECG’s operations, the power supply company was making an amount of GH¢450 million a month. That figure of GH¢450 million was constant, and repeated for a period […]
The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disclosed that the company has been able to retrieve in excess of GH¢2billion from debt in the last one month following the debt retrieval exercise the company embarked upon. The ECG MD, Samuel Dubik Mahama disclosed this in separate radio interviews monitored by Graphic Online on […]
The national revenue mobilization taskforce of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected power supply to three blocks at the Police Barracks in Osu, Accra, due to an illegal connection. During a routine check to recover debts owed by customers, the task force discovered the unlawful connection, which involved the direct connection of power […]
Power has been restored at the Keta Municipal Health Directorate which houses the vaccine store of the municipality. This comes hours after the Daily Graphic published a story on how vaccines for routine immunisation, including recent deliveries, risked getting expired at the directorate because the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) had disconnected power supply to […]
