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The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced an increase in Electricity and Water tariffs, effective July 1 to September 30, 2024. The Commission has stated that there will be a 3.45% increase in electricity tariffs for lifeline consumers (0-30kWh); a 5.84% increase for all other residential consumers who are …

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 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 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 …

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced a slight reduction in electricity tariff for residential consumers but said there will be no change (0%) in the prices paid by lifeline consumers (0-30 kWh), as well as residential consumers within the consumption bracket of 0-300 kWh. PURC says the marginal …

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 …

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced an increase in electricity and water tariffs by 4.22 % and 1.18% respectively, effective September 1, 2023. This comes on the back of a conclusion of regulatory process for the quarterly adjustment of tariff by the PURC. The quarterly tariff review mechanism …

Effective June 1, 2023, the cost of water services will see an upward adjustment for all consumer groups. This follows a review and approval by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) for water tariffs to go up for the second quarter of 2023. “In taking this decision, the commission took …

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has questioned the assumption used in establishing the new electricity tariffs by the Public Utility and Regulatory Commission beginning February 1, 2023. The IES in a statement described the announcement as baseless. PURC early this week announced an increment in electricity prices by about …

Director of Communication and Research at the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC), Dr. Kofi Obutey has revealed in an interview with Alfred Ocansey on 3FM Sunrise Morning Show that, the regulator is in talks with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) over possible compensation packages for customers who have been …