The Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG), Accra West Region, has uncovered the activities of 140 customers engaged in various forms of illegal connections.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has described as alarming the rate of power theft in the Ashanti Region.
As part of the effort of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to recover debts from state-owned institutions, the Managing Director of the power distribution company has disclosed that the company has retrieved in excess of GH¢2 billion from debt in the last month as it embarked on a disconnection exercise in the country.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cut power to the Accra Digital Centre.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it loses an estimated GH¢2 million monthly within the Accra East Region operational area due to sub-standard meters.
The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in the Volta Region has paid all debt owed the Electricity Company of Ghana.
Three persons are currently in the grips of the police for illegally preventing Electricity Company of Ghana Limited, ECG, officials from disconnecting an illegal power supply. A fourth suspect and owner of the disconnected meter, Odoi Darko, is currently on the run.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with AKSA Energy Company Limited for a 205MW (ISO) Thermal Power Plant.
The Electricity Company of Ghana Ltd. (ECG), Accra West Region, has uncovered the activities of 52 customers engaged in various forms of illegal connections.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with AKSA Energy Company Limited for a 205MW (ISO) Thermal Power Plant. The 240-month agreement was signed on Thursday, 6th April 2023, as part of the strategy to stabilize and enhance power reliability in the middle belt of Ghana, as well as encourage power exports.
The following are the details of the agreement:
1. The plant will be located at Anwomaso in Kumasi.
2. The capacity of the Plant will be 205MW (ISO) with a guaranteed capacity of 175MW.
3. The Plant will run on natural gas, and the responsibility of the fuel supply shall lie with AKSA.
4. The project is expected to reach commercial operations in the 4th quarter of 2024.
5. The PPA structure is take-and-pay with a 40% guaranteed dispatch.
6. There will be no buyer guarantee and no government guarantee.
Key among the many benefits of this AKSA agreement are;
1. Enhanced power generation capacity and voltage stability for customers in the middle belt of Ghana and for exports.
2. Highly competitive commercial terms and price which will reduce the indebtedness of the energy sector, because ECG is relieved of bank guarantees and fuel purchase.
The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, who was present to witness the signing, charged ECG to ensure the full operationalisation of the agreement in the interest of Ghanaians.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is cautioning the general public, especially persons and organizations who are preventing staff of the company from getting access to their meters to desist from the act.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has intensified the disconnection exercise in the Dambai area of the Oti Region as part of efforts to retrieve debts owed the company.
The Ashanti Regional Office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) as part of its efforts to recover huge public debt has disconnected power supply to the Amansie South District Chief Executive’s official residence at Manso Adubia in the Ashanti Region.
The University of Environment and Sustainable Development in Somanya has been disconnected from the national grid for failing to pay an amount of GH¢900.000 to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for power consumed since its inception 3 years ago.
Police in Abuakwa with support from the Revenue Protection unit of the ECG have arrested a 54 year old man, John Fofie, for installing fake metres for some people at Kunsu in the Ahafo Ano South West district of the Ashanti region.
Electricity Company of Ghana's (ECG) planned disconnection of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) from the national power grid in the Volta Region has been halted.
Volta Regional Directorate of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has reached an agreement with the Ho Teaching and Municipal Hospitals over unpaid electricity bills by extending its disconnection deadline to next Wednesday, April 12, after a crunch meeting.
Volta Regional Directorate of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has mobilised GH¢12.5 million from its debtors within one week of debt collection operation in the region.
The Tema Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited has disconnected 310 customers, mainly for non-payment of electricity consumed.
Nationwide revenue mobilization exercise, starts on March 20 and will end on April 20, 2023. Customers in arrears should please pay their bills now to avoid disconnection and the payment of reconnection fees. Help ECG serve you better
