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Three blocks at the police barracks at Osu in Accra have been disconnected over an illegal connection (connected power directly without a meter) by the national revenue mobilization taskforce of the Electricity Company of Ghana. The task force discovered the illegality on Tuesday on its usual rounds to recover monies …

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company Ghana (ECG) has revealed that he has received calls to stop the disconnection exercise they are embarking on to retrieve unpaid debts. According to Samuel Dubik Mahama, the calls he received are from friends, power brokers, and politicians. He said the request made …

Parliament has been compelled to make part payment of its indebtedness to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The august house paid GH¢8.5 million out of GH¢13 million owed the power distributor to avert disconnection from the national grid. According to JoyNews’ James Avedzi, the payment was made following a …

The Ministry of Energy says it has noted reports that it suffered a disconnection exercise from its agency, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) over alleged unpaid electricity bills last Tuesday. The Ministry described the report as wrong saying its facility runs on prepaid meters. Speaking on the matter, Communications …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that beginning Monday, March 20, 2023, it shall close down all of its offices across the country as it seeks to embark on a nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise. The power distribution company said the exercise which will last for one month period …

Ghanaians will from tomorrow, Wednesday, February 1, 2023, pay more for utility tariffs as the increment announced by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURC) kicks in. PURC on January 16 increased electricity prices by about 30% and 8.3% for water effective February 1, 2023.   The PURC cited the cedi …

Customers of the Electricity Company Ghana in the Ashanti Region have been queuing in a mad rush to purchase electricity credit after four days of system failure. Long queues of customers frantically searching for electricity credit are seen at various vendor stations in Kumasi. Some vendors and customers in the …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced an extension of its working hours for this weekend. The extension is due to the current vending challenge with the prepaid meters experienced across the country. The various ECG outlets will work from 9 am to 4 pm this weekend instead of …

At exactly 5:00pm on Friday, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) restored power supply to Somanya and its environs. This comes after weeks of the residents being compelled to live in darkness for failing to pay their bills among others. However, the jubilation that heralded the restoration of electricity supply …

The Municipal Chief Executive for Yilo Krobo, Mr Eric Tetteh has expressed concern over the behaviour of the youth in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality. Hundreds of youth groups from five communities in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality took to the streets to protest the ongoing installation of prepaid meters …