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30th April, 2012
The Accra West Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana(ECG) has embarked on a campaign to educate consumers under its jurisdiction on effective ways of using pre-paid meters and also elicit complains and concerns they face in using the new power measurement device for redress.
The exercise, which would be done quarterly, is also meant to ...
25th February, 2012
The Volta River Authority (VRA) says it is holding discussions with the Nigerian authorities to restore full supply of gas to Ghana to enable the VRA to do full production of electricity.
At a news ...
15th December, 2011
The Accra West Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Tuesday held an awards ceremony to recognize customers of the company.
Consumers including Japan Motors, Francopat Limited, ...
12th December, 2011
Vice-President John Mahama has inaugurated an $8.5 million power transmission sub-station at Buipe in the Central Gonja district of the Northern Region.
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The 161/34.5kv facility will supply ...
24th October, 2011
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has called for a strong legislation regime in the country’s water sector.
It said this had became necessary because the sector as of now, was fraught with ...
13th June, 2011
THE Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) says it will not lay off any of its workers seconded to Aqua Vitens Rand Limited (AVRL).
The managing Director of the company, Mr. Kweku Botwe who ...
30th May, 2011
The Ministry of Energy has embarked on 38 million dollar International Development Association funded Capacity Building Project to improve public management, regulatory capacities and local ...
27th May, 2011
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has decided to withhold tariff increases country for the second of quarter 2011.
Mr. Samuel Sarpong, Vice Chairman at the Technical Committee of ...
17th March, 2011
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The acting Chief Fire Officer, Albert Brown
Gaisie, has called on the Electricity Company of Ghana to, as a matter of urgency, disconnect all illegal wirings in the various ...
28th February, 2011
THE on-going Bui Hydroelectric Project will be ready to provide additional power to the national grid in the first quarter of next year.
This was made known to newsmen by Mr. Jabesh Amissah-Arthur, ...
15th December, 2010
THE Volta River Authority (VRA) yesterday held a workshop on Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP) on the Akosombo and Kpong dams.
The workshop among other things, was to make known findings by the ...
30th November, 2010
The Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) is considering the possibility of implementing the Automatic Adjustment Formula on tariffs to address any adverse movement of external factors that ...
28th October, 2010
Residents of the New Juaben Municipality are crying foul over what they describe as cheating by the Electricity Company of Ghana in the implementation of the pre-paid meter system.
Some have ...
30th September, 2010
THE British High Commissioner in Accra, Mr. Nicholas Westcott, has asked the government to tackle deficiencies in the energy sector with urgency to help promote accelerate growth and development of ...
25th September, 2010
The Steel Millers Association of Ghana has asked the government to urgently intervene to save the industry from imminent collapse, following recent tariff increases by the Public Utilities and ...
7th September, 2010
CONSUMERS of utility service may now heave a sigh of relief, following government’s decision to further reduce utility tariffs to lessen their burden.
Government has allocated GH¢20 million as ...
21st August, 2010
Three power Companies say the subsidy provided by government for the reduction in electricity tariffs is subject to the implementation of the automatic adjustment formula in rate setting.
This ...
20th August, 2010
Beginning next year, the government, in collaboration with its development partners and the private sector, will commit $200 million annually in budgetary allocations towards sanitation and water ...
18th July, 2010
The weekend’s fire outbreak at the Takoradi Thermal Power Station (TTPS) which damaged a 110-megawatts transformer, will not significantly affect electricity supply in the country.
“Although, we ...
30th June, 2010
THE Project Coordinator of the West African Power Pool (WAPP), Mr. Mustapha Zakaria-Cisse, has said that the desire of every utility service provider is to deliver to meet the satisfaction of ...
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