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Utility Services
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 ...
11th June, 2010
FOUR utility services providers have promised uninterrupted power and water supply during the FIFA World Cup tournament which commences today in South Africa.
At a joint news conference in Accra ...
11th June, 2010
Vice-President John Mahama has said the recent hike in utility tariffs will be cushioned before the end of the year, with the coming on stream of gas from Nigeria under the West African Gas Pipeline ...
10th June, 2010
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has threatened to use “every available means including mass demonstrations” to resist the implementation of the new electricity and water tariffs if the Public ...
7th June, 2010
THE Volta River Authority (VRA) has adopted a comprehensive renewable energy policy aimed at diversifying the country’s sources of energy.
Under the policy, VREA will produce additional 150 ...
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