Tag Archives: ECG

The President of the Republic, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed the Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin as the new board Chairman of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). This appointment was detailed in a letter signed by the Executive Secretary to the President, …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that it will carry out emergency maintenance on the Nuri Kamstrup Prepayment Server. This is scheduled to begin on Friday, 12th July at 11:00 pm and will continue until Sunday, 14th July at 11:00 pm. The ECG in a short statement advises …

The Ghana Grid Company Limited, (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana, (ECG) have announced a possible load management for three weeks. In a joint statement issued on Thursday, June 13, ECG and GRIDCo clarified that the load management is necessary “due to maintenance works being undertaken by a gas …

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s accusations of sabotage involving ransomware attacks and resistance to the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) digitalization project have been refuted by employees of the company. In a press release issued by the Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) of the Trades Union Congress (Ghana), ECG employees …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has attributed the power outages being experienced in parts of Accra to the flooding of seven substations after the rains on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.       ECG in a press release on Thursday, May 2, indicated that the substations which included Burma …

The Ghana Union of Traders’ Associations (GUTA) has joined calls for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to release a load-shedding timetable, as the ongoing power interruptions are negatively affecting businesses and livelihoods across the country. In a statement, GUTA highlighted the significant impact of the power outages on various …

In order to restore the credibility of the government as well as alter the negative perception of state-owned enterprises, immediate intervention is required. An early intervention by the government will help to address the losses that have plagued some SOEs for years, says United Voices for Change (UVC), a civil …

The Deputy Energy Minister and the incumbent Member of Parliament for the Sekondi Constituency in the Western Region, Mr. Andrew Egyapa Mercer, has explained why the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) cannot provide Ghanaians with a load-shedding timetable. This, he said is a result of uncertainties faced by power distribution …

The board members of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), who served in office from 1st January to 18th March 2024, are to pay a regulatory charge of Five Million, Eight Hundred and Sixty-Eight Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHS5, 868,000.00) in fines for superintending over power outages without any notification to …

The current Member of Parliament of the Abuakwa South constituency, Samuel Atta Akyea, has urged the Electricity Company of Ghana to release a schedule for the current power outages (dumsor). According to the Chairman of the Energy Committee of Parliament, there is no prior notice from ECG as electricity goes …