The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has begun compensating over 41,000 customers in parts of Accra affected by a December 2017 system failure that made it difficult for them to purchase electricity credit. ECG is expected to spend a total of GHC1.9 million in compensations to both residential and non-residential customers affected by the December … Read more
MiDA denies claims CH Group pulled out due to inadequate information on ECG financial status The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has denied reports that the CH Group, pulled out of the concession race due to inadequate information provided about the financial state of ECG. CEO of MiDA, Martin Esson Benjamin speaking exclusively to TV3 Business … Read more
The Electricity Company of Ghana has been accused of contributing to illegal mining activities, popularly known as galamsey, in the country. A minister for Lands and Natural Resources Benito Owusu Bio criticized the ECG, noting it appears the company does not makes the necessary checks before connecting power to mining sites. “If they do, they … Read more
The Coalition of ECG Concession Arrangement (COSECA), is calling for further negotiations on government’s decision to partly privatize the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The proposed deal will see the ECG being ceded to a private investor for some 20 years. But speaking on , the Convener of the Group, Richard Nyamah, argued that the … Read more
The US Government has told Citi Business News everything is on track for the private sector participation in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) under the Power Compact II agreement. Currently, the six shortlisted companies are evaluating the assets of the ECG to guide further decision making on the move. Ghana is in an agreement with the … Read more
Power distributor, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has blamed Monday evening’s blackout that hit parts of the country on technical challenges at the national grid. In a short announcement on its Facebook page, the power distributor said the Ghana Grid Company Limited )GRIDCo) was, however, working to restore the power. No further details were … Read more
The Central Regional Office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) spent GH¢94,671.24 to replace electric poles burnt through bush fires in 2016, the office has stated. According to the Regional Maintenance Engineer of the company, Mr William Coleman, the figure did not include the cost of labour and transport to carry out the exercise. … Read more
The Somanya office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has been shut down indefinitely. Deputy General Secretary of the Public Utility Workers’ Union (PUWU), Richard Nyarbah who disclosed this on Asempa FM’s Ekosi Sen Tuesday said they have been forced to shut down the offices because residents threatened to deal with workers hence they … Read more
Citi FM’s partner station at Somanya in the Eastern Region, Rite FM, temporarily faced the wrath residents protesting against Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Friday. “It took the intervention of the police to ensure that we the journalists at Rite FM were safe,” a reporter with the station, Austin Ofori Addo, said on Eyewitness News. The protesters … Read more
Dear President Akufo-Addo, I listened to your Energy Minister speak at the National Policy Summit which was held this month. It reminds me of an American Jester’s oxymoronic quotation: “My mind is made up, and facts confuse me”. It also re-echoes a similar quotation in a novel, Alice in Wonderland, which says, “Sentence him and … Read more
No one has been arrested in connection with Friday’s damage of the Somanya office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the Yilo Krobo Member of Parliament (MP) has said. Magnus Kofi Amoatey told Dzifa Bampoh on Joy FM’s Top Story, he agreed with ECG officials in the area that there will not be any … Read more
Hundreds of the angry residents of Somanya in the Eastern Region, besieged the offices of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to demonstrate over what they describe as over-billing. The residents had poured out onto the street and blocked major roads in the town to demonstrate their anger over the development. Citi News gathered that … Read more
Some residents of Somanya have clashed with staff of the ECG in the area over billing Some residents of Somanya in the Eastern region have clashed with staff of the ECG in the area over billing disagreements. The angry residents have reportedly caused damages to a pickup truck belonging to the state power distributor. According … Read more
Dear President Akufo Addo, I listened to your Energy Minister speak at the National Policy Summit which was held this month. It reminds me of an American Jester’s oxymoronic quotation: “My mind is made up, and facts confuse me”. It also re-echoes a similar quotation in a novel, Alice in wonderland, which says, “Sentence him … Read more
The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has shortlisted six applicant companies under the concession for the Private Sector Participation (PSP) in the electricity distribution of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The companies are to bid for the ECG PSP concession and the preferred selected concessionaire would be tasked to make investment designed to reduce technical, … Read more
The first Bidders’ Conference on the concession for the Private Sector Participation (PSP) in the electricity distribution business of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has been held in Accra. The ECG PSP transaction is one of five activities under the ECG Financial and Operational Turnaround Project funded through the Ghana Power Compact. The event, … Read more
Minister of Energy Boakye Agyarko has dismissed suggestions that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will be privatized under Compact II of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). He explained that the country’s major energy-distribution body will have its assets rather leased for 20 years under the Compact. Mr Agyarko made this known on Tuesday, May … Read more
The US Embassy‘s claim that the Electricity Company of Ghana is inefficient in the processing and collection of bills is merely to hasten the process for the concessionary sale of the ECG to an entity the Embassy has an interest in. This is the belief of the Director of Operations of the Progressive People’s Party … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, Kweku Ricketts-Hagan, has sent a message to the Minister of Energy, Emmanuel Boakye Agyarko, and members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), telling them to stop making noise about the problems of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Instead, he wants them, … Read more
The Vice President of IMANI-Ghana has described as misleading the claim that the Electricity Company of Ghana has refused to redeem debts owed it by the US Embassy in the last two years. Kofi Bentil said he has seen documents that showed ECG has collected bills from the US Embassy up to March, 2017. The … Read more