The Bui Power Authority (BPA) has been advised to expedite its rate of recovering a $614, 373,274.36 debt owed it by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). This is because the money owed the power generator has been indicated to be adversely affecting its ability to operate effectively and deliver on its mandate. The Chairman […]
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has ordered the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to pay compensation to affected customers in the recent failure in the ECG prepayment vending system. By the order, all categories of customers — residential, non-residential, commercial and lifeline — are to be compensated in the form of one-time electricity credit […]
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has uncovered over 1,000 illegalities carried out by some customers during the first week of meter auditing in Accra. This is in spite of the six-week grace period the company gave to customers to report anomalies for rectification. The illegalities identified included meter tampering and bypass, self-reconnection and unauthorised […]
The management of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has assured the public that the reconstruction works it started recently will not lead to load shedding, popularly known as ‘Dumsor’. A joint statement issued by GRIDCo and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Accra yesterday said reconstruction work on GRIDCo’s transmission lines had commenced […]
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have blamed Monday night’s widespread power outage on disturbances within the power system. In separate statements issued today, the two companies said the outage which occurred on Monday (November 8, 2021) at 7.50 pm was a result of a disturbance. GRIDCo The GRIDCo […]
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) says it is collaborating with the National Security to eject squatters and traders who ply their activities under the company’s transmission lines. The Director of System Operations of GRIDCo, Mr Mark Awuah Baah, said the issue of people conducting activities under transmission lines was one of the serious challenges […]
Ghana’s largest bulk electricity supply point located in Pokuase in Greater Accra has been commissioned. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo commissioned the Pokuase Bulk Supply Point, a 330/34.5 kilo-volt substation designed to improve the supply and distribution of electricity for consumers in the northern areas of Accra. Funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to […]
The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has dismissed an application by Power Distribution Services (PDS) challenging the cancellation of its operation licences following the termination of a concession agreement for it to manage the assets of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Last year, PDS dragged the government to the High Court with […]
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that the third phase of the scheduled power outages will begin on Monday, June 28 and will last for 22 days, ending on July 19. In a press statement issued Wednesday, ECG said the latest outage schedule which is to be done in collaboration with the Ghana […]
The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Permpeh, has entreated Ghanaians to exercise patience as government is investing financial resources towards the upgrading of the power operating system in the country. That, he said, would ensure efficient and reliable power supply to both domestic and commercial power consumers to improve their businesses. Dr Opoku Prempeh […]
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that it will embark on its normal “Revenue Mobilisation exercise” today, April 12, 2021. In a statement, ECG said the exercise will focus on all customers who owe the company. It added that its revenue mobilisation teams will be identified by their staff identity cards, urging customers […]
Following President Akufo-Addo’s directive on the extension of COVID-19 electricity relief for Ghanaians, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has published guidelines for its implementation. As part of the relief announced by the President in his 21st COVID-19 update to the nation on Sunday, January 3, 2021, the government will continue to absorb 100% electricity bills […]
