The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Volta Region, has warned its customers that they have 14 days to pay their bills or face disconnection in their mass revenue mobilisation move.
Five persons are currently facing prosecution for preventing engineers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) from carrying out their duties at Otweso a community near Nkrurakan in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region.
The month-long aggressive revenue mobilisation exercise embarked upon by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has doubled collection to GH¢40 million in the Volta and Oti regions.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Ashanti Region, has uncovered the activities of 40 customers engaged in various forms of illegal connections.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Ashanti Region, has uncovered the activities of 40 customers engaged in various forms of illegal connections.
The Accra East region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has retrieved over 40 fake meters at Oyarifa in the Dodowa District.
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.
