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The Electricity Company of Ghana ECG) has asked the public to disregard reports suggesting that it has increased its bills by 17.5%. There were reports that suggested that the Electricity Company of Ghana had increased its bill by 17.5% as a form of payback for the intervention provided by the …

    Mr Benjamin Quarcoo, the Western Regional Public Relations Officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has cautioned customers who were due for disconnection before the Government’s relief to urgently pay their arrears to remain connected. He said the month of June marked the end of the President’s …

The Managing Director for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Mr Kwame Agyemang-Budu has indicated that the government has cleared its GHC 2.6 billion legacy debt owed to the state entity. Mr Agyemang-Budu made this known when he took his turn to address a Facebook live session hosted by NPP …

Government has paid the first tranche of the COVID-19 electricity reliefs to the respective bodies – the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) and the Volta River Authority (VRA). in full for the month of April. The total payment for the three bodies is GH¢343 million, Nana …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has clarified its position on the assertion by the Energy Ministry that debts owed the company by the government had been paid. This follows opposition by some members of the Minority contesting the veracity of the claim. The Energy Minister, Peter Amewu on May …

The Executive Director of the Institute of Energy Security (IES), Paa Kawsi Anamua Sakyi, has said it is refreshing to note that the government has cleared the legacy debts of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Mr Sakyi however asked the government to ensure that the debt situation does not …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says the recent power outages within its distribution network that hit some parts of the Greater Accra today, April 26, 2020 was a result of heavy rainstorms. According to a communique by the power distribution company, its engineers are working assiduously to rectify the …

Power to many parts of Accra will be disrupted from Tuesday, February 25, 2020, as the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) begins a planned maintenance exercise. The exercise, according to the power distributor, is expected to end on Friday, February 28. Meanwhile, frequent power cuts in parts of the country …

The Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, has hinted that it is lobbying Parliament to pass a law that will criminalize nonpayment of electricity bills. Ghana has about 85% electricity penetration rate but the nonpayment of Electricity bills by consumers continue to suffocate the power distributor hence the move to pass …

The Electricity Company of Ghana has attributed the deductions effected on prepaid electricity to service charges. According to the power distribution company, all residential and non-residential electricity prepaid customers in the country are charged a monthly service charge depending on their consumption. The Public Relations Manager of the utility provider, …