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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 …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disclosed that it issued over 100 notices of power outages in the first quarter of 2024. Much of the notices, according to the power distributor, were to pave the way for maintenance works to be carried out on some of its transmission equipment. …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has declared that a stable national power supply will be provided going forward in an attempt to address the recent power outages that Ghanaians have been experiencing. The ECG is assuring its customers and the general public that any power outage currently being experienced …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that more than 25 areas or communities in the Accra East and West regions will experience power outages. The affected areas include Ghana Steel, Palace Mall, Furniture Citi, Lovely Transport, Kpone Barrier, Kingdom Transport, GPHA Terminal (Kpone), Sethi Realty, Abodakpi Farms and …

President Akufo-Addo has appointed Deputy Minister for Energy, Herbert Krapa as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). This follows the resignation of the previous chairman, Keli Gadzekpo, on Tuesday, March 26. Mr. Gadzeko, who had chaired the electricity company since his …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has been given seven days by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to submit a comprehensive incident report on power outages for the period January 1, 2024 to date. According to the Commission, the ECG is also to state the volume of load curtailed …