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Workers of the Ghana Grid Company, GRIDCo are threatening there will be a return of ‘dumsor’ this Christmas if the financial status of the company is not improved with immediate effect, blaming Ghana’s distribution company, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for the difficulties the company is facing. According to …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is set to begin an exercise dubbed ‘Operation Fix the Bill & Pay the Bill’ from Monday, 6th November to Monday, 11th December 2023 in its operational areas. According to the Company, the exercise is aimed at capturing the consumption readings of its postpaid …

The Independent Power Producers (IPPs) have reminded Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, of their intention to cut power supply to the national grid from July 1, 2023. This was after an emergency meeting held on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. According to the Chamber of Independent Power Producers, calls on the government …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has revealed that they would undertake planned maintenance on Sunday, April 23. The company indicated that the maintenance works are expected to improve their service delivery. In a press release, ECG indicated that some parts of Accra will have their lights taken off while …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has released a timetable for power rationing in parts of the country following the shutdown of the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant for repair works. The Ghana Gas Company Limited on Thursday announced that the plant will remain shut for the next two weeks for …

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 …