The United States Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson, has said the 25-year private sector participation in the ECG “can be reviewed,” as he allayed fears by workers of the company that they would lose their jobs. In an interview with the B&FT at the launch of the Integrated Resource and Resilience Planning (IRRP) project, … Read more
Energy think tank, Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), is proposing the transfer of at least 51 per cent stake in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to a strategic partner through the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). This, ACEP believes, would be a better option than the current concession agreement which workers have kicked against, … Read more
Hello, Atheists and Agnostics, it has been a long talk about the non-belief of God and the spirit world. The time used for some of the arguments could have gone into prevention of the death of most of our important people that are well taken care of. As a truth advocate just as any reasonable … Read more
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has criticised the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for neglecting its consumers. Staff of the power distribution company have been on a series of demonstrations and strikes to fight the proposed privatisation of the state-owned utility. “We find this unacceptable considering the effects of several years of erratic … Read more
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) will sanction workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) who embarked on a nationwide strike recently over government’s plan to privatise the state power distributor, Nana Yaa Jantuah, director of public relations and external affairs of the PURC has said. The Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) last week … Read more
The Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC) says no country has done what the government of Ghana is intending to do with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on the same scale. Government has reached an agreement to offer ECG on concession for 30 years. So far, about 40 concessionaires including 18 Ghanaian-owned ones are reported … Read more
A former National Youth Organiser of the People’s National Convention (PNC) says government privatisation of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has been everything but transparent. Abu Ramadan says documents he intercepted show a clear case of conflict of interest on the part of some officials and state institutions involved in the negotiation. “The entire … Read more
The Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) has directed workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana not to attend to official duties today and Monday until government backs down on its concession plan. PUWU argues that the action is in protest of what it describes as a disrespectful attitude showed them by the Millennium Development Authority … Read more
The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has rejected claims by the Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) that the concession arrangement is not the best option for Ghana because it would result in higher tariffs and job losses. MiDA assured that the consultative process is not over. A statement issued by Pamela Djamson-Tettey, Director of Communication and … Read more
The Millennium Development Authority has denied claims by the Public Utilities Workers Union that the concession arrangement for ECG will cause high electricity tariffs. “It is also not the case, as alleged in the press statement of PUWU that high tariff will result from the concession agreement. “On the contrary, improved performance and reduction in … Read more
Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have disclosed that they have prepared a new load-shedding timetable to enable consumers plan their activities to efficiently but President John Mahama has asked the power distribution company not to publish it. “The timetable for the current load shedding also called ‘dumsor’ is ready but the president … Read more
The government, private institutions, and individuals owe the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) about GH¢1.6 billion in electricity bills as of 2014. The acting Director of Finance of the ECG, Mr Frank Anokwafo, told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last Thursday that the government owed GH¢950 million as a result of subsidies and non-payment of … Read more
Government has undertaken to privatize the Electricity Corporation of Ghana (ECG) as part of a condition to access the second compact of the Millennium Challenge Account worth over $500 million. It has also undertaken to adjust electricity tariffs every quarter as a condition precedent for the disbursement of the fund. These were contained in a … Read more