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PURC Announces Reduction In Electricity Tariffs By 1.52%, Water Up By 0.34% Effective December 1

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission has announced a downward review of electricity tariffs effective December 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024. The adjustment is in line with the Commission’s Quarterly Tariff Review Mechanism using key factors such as the exchange rate between the US$ and the Ghana Cedi, domestic inflation …

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Fact-Check: Akufo-Addo’s Lawyer’s Claim Mahama Increased Electricity Tariffs In 2016 Untrue

Legal counsel to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Kow Essuman, suggested via a tweet on August 23, 2023, that the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama government in 2016 increased electricity tariffs during the power rationing crisis known as ‘dumsor.’ Essuman was echoing comments made by Presidential Staffer Dennis Miracles Aboagye who …

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PURC Increases Electricity Tariffs By 29.96%, Water Tariff By 8.3%; Effective February 1

  Utility tariffs are to go up in the first quarter of 2023 effective February 1, 2023. This was announced by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) on Monday, January 16, 2023, despite admitting the present economic challenges.   While the end-user tariff for electricity has been increased by 29.96 …

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