The General Secretary of the Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) has warned that government’s one district, one factory policy would suffer should the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) be a concession. Michael Adumatta Nyantakyi explained that the private investors who are in to make gains would not continue to play a dual role of revenue … Read more
Campaign Coordinator of the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), says the credibility of the of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession under the Millennium Challenge Account is questionable and should not be accepted by government. Dr Steve Manteaw said no amount of damage control will justify the decision to put the ECG on concession. … Read more
The General Secretary of the Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU), Michael Adumatta Nyantakyi, has admonished government to desist from interfering in the affairs of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to enable the company become more efficient and profitable. He said it is within the ability of the country to manage the company and make … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi-Boasiako popularly called ‘Chairman Wontumi’ has accused officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) of trying to sabotage the government with its continuous power cuts in the region. According to him, the ECG is attempting to make the government look bad in … Read more
The Ghana Electrical Contractors Association (GECA) has called on the government to revisit the concessionary arrangement under the Millennium Power Compact II to safeguard the assets of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The association is of the opinion that the Millennium Power Compact II, in which a private company or consortium will manage, operate … Read more
The Public Utility Workers’ Union of Ghana (PUWU) has reiterated its call on the government to renegotiate aspects of the US Millennium Challenge Compact II which oblige government to give out Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for a 25-year concession with a private investor. It rejected a recent claim by the United States Ambassador to … Read more
Some residents of Accra will heave a sigh of relief after assurances from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to restore power to affected areas. Sections of the capital have been sleeping in darkness for days after the severe rainstorm on Tuesday, caused some damages to power lines resulting in total blackouts. Speaking to Citi … Read more
The Electricity Company of Ghana (EC) has ruled out a return of the erratic power supply, popularly known as ‘dumsor’, which plagued the country for almost four years under the outgoing National Democratic Congress administration. According to the power distributor, Ghana now has enough generation capacity to serve consumers. The Public Relations Officer of ECG, … Read more
About a year ago, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), launched what it called, ‘Operation Get A Meter In One Day’, the laudable initiative was dead, before it even took off. The worst experience every patriotic Ghanaian, goes through is to follow procedure laid down for the acquisition of anything in this country, for example, … Read more
The US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson has assured that additional jobs will be created when full implementation of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact 2 project starts. The assurance follows agitations and uncertainties among workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) that the implementation of the US$498.2 million project, which is targeted … Read more
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has clarified that the cut in power supply to the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on Wednesday, is not an indication of load shedding by the company. ECG has rather attributed the development to a cable fault at the Independence Square which affected power transmission to distribution areas including … Read more
The Electricity Company of Ghana is cautioning the public against the purchase of scam energy saving cards. The cards are being sold by some unscrupulous persons parading as staff of ECG. Three of such persons, Pastor Jude Bentum, and two electricians, Kofi Aboagye and Richard Asusey were on Saturday sentenced by an Accra Circuit Court … Read more
Energy expert Kojo Opoku is predicting that electricity consumers will be paying more for the service in 2017. According to him, the power distributor needs a lot of funds to deal with its indebtedness, in order to improve supply. ECG is indebted to a tune of 3.74 billion Ghana cedis. However, some institutions also owed … Read more
Energy expert Kojo Opoku is predicting that electricity consumers will be paying more for the service in 2017. According to him, the power distributor needs a lot of funds to deal with its indebtedness, in order to improve supply. ECG is indebted to a tune of 3.74 billion Ghana cedis. However, some institutions also owed … Read more
Deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor says Monday’s protest by workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) demanding the removal of the Managing Director was premature. He says even if Robert Dwamena’s tenure of office has expired it does not lie within the powers of the workers to call the shot. He would rather the … Read more
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has intensified moves to cut down on illegal connections and theft to improve its revenue generation. Currently, the ECG is estimated to lose over 30 percent of its revenue through systems and distribution losses. Speaking to journalists after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Korean Electricity Company(KEPCO) … Read more
Letter to the President: Why the rush to sell ECG? By Fiifi Koomson Dear Mr President, I have been reading stories about how you allegedly gave cash to a poor hawker during one of your campaign tours of Accra. Your critics heavily lay into you over this gesture. In an election year when every move … Read more
The chief of staff Julius Debrah has denied issuing a fiat to the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) to halt ongoing reforms within the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The Secretary of the ECG Senior Staff Association, Patrick Binyemi, was quoted by a section of the media to have said Mr. Debrah gave the directive at … Read more
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is unaware of the purported fine imposed on it by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Mr Patrick Tetteh, a senior staff member of the state power distributor has said. According to him, since the PURC had failed to inform ECG about the purported sanction, the state power distributor … Read more
The General Secretary of the Electricity Corporation of Ghana Senior Staff Union says the ECG is yet to formally receive information about a fine imposed by the Public Utility and Regulatory Commission. Patrick Binyemi said apart from snippets of information they have picked from the media about the supposed fine, the regulatory body has yet … Read more