The Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) governing board has strongly objected to fines imposed by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) over the company’s failure to provide a load-shedding timetable. In a letter sent to PURC on April 17, legal representatives for the board argued that the Commission lacked the equivalent powers of the High […]
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has imposed a fine on members of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) board who served between January 1 and March 18, 2024. The fine, totaling five million, eight hundred and sixty-eight thousand Ghana cedis (GH₵5,868,000.00), comes as a consequence of the board’s violation of Regulation 39 of L.I. […]
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced a 6.5% reduction in electricity tariffs for residential consumers using between 301kWh of electricity. This adjustment, effective from April 1 to June 30, 2024, aims to alleviate the financial burden on consumers within this consumption bracket. Additionally, the PURC clarified that there will be no changes to […]
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced new utility tariffs for consumers of electricity and water effective December 1, 2023. The new tariffs, which is for three months, from December 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024, will see that of electricity reduced by 1.52 per cent across the board for all customers, while water […]
The Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission has increased electricity and water tariffs by 29.96% and 8.3% respectively. The new rates take effect from February 1, 2023. This follows the conclusion of its regulatory process for the quarterly adjustment of utility tariffs covering the first quarter of 2023. The Commission said the process is in conformity […]
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 27.15 per cent power tariff increment for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), as approved by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), takes effect from today. With its implementation, however, customers, depending on the category and consumption, will be paying slightly more, with the calculations, the inclusion of the statutory charges for VAT, as […]
The Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, Dr. Ishmael Ackah, has attributed the failure of the Commission to automatically adjust utility tariffs in 2021 to the absence of a board. It has been argued that the recent hike in utility tariffs by a whopping 27.15% and 21.55% for electricity and water respectively is […]
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced tariff increases effective September 1, 2022. Tariffs for electricity and water are expected to go up by 27.15% and 21.55% respectively. This was contained in a press release issued by the Commission today and sighted by MyJoyOnline.com. The PURC in the said release acknowledged the economic difficulties […]
