The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has identified several key factors contributing to high electricity consumption among customers. According to ECG, while electricity tariffs are regulated, the nature of consumption plays a significant role...
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Ghana’s electricity grid is straining under the weight of a demand explosion that has surpassed every official projection, the Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Dr. Shafic Suleman, has revealed. This...
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) is set to launch a full-scale investigation into the operational status of prepaid meters issued by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) over the past months following a...
The Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU), has kicked against the government’s plan to contract a transactional advisor for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), describing the move as a backdoor to privatization. The standoff...
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has expressed its willingness to maintaining customer satisfaction despite receiving what it described as a smaller tariff increase than requested. This follows the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission’s (PURC)...
The Africa Sustainable Energy Centre (ASEC) has condemned the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) proposal to increase electricity tariffs by 225%, labelling the move as outrageous and unjustified. According to ASEC, while periodic tariff...
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reduced the policy rate by 350 basis points to 21.5 percent from 25 percent. The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Johnson...
The Food and Beverages Association of Ghana (FABAG) has issued a strong warning against proposed hikes in utility tariffs, cautioning that such increases could severely harm businesses and jeopardize the government’s ‘ambitious’ 24-hour economy...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has backed the government’s move to review utility tariffs across Ghana’s power and energy sectors. This move, according to the Fund, is seen as critical for resolving the nation’s...
The Institute of Climate and Environmental Governance (ICEG), has expressed concern about the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) proposed 225% increment in distribution service charge for the 2025-2029 regulatory period. According to the energy...
