Tag Archives: ECG

Buy enough top-up credit that will last for one month to avoid disruption – ECG to customers

The Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) has urged customers using the Nuri Prepayment Meters to buy enough top-up credit that will last for at least one month to avoid potential disruption. ECG said they are upgrading Nuri Prepayment System as part of the Standard Transfer Specification (STS) protocol. “The …

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25 reasons why VRA workers oppose bill to merge NEDCo, Bui Power, ECG under one entity

The proposed draft bill for merger of VRA with Bui Power Authority, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) with the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo), as well as the establishment of an independent Thermal Power Authority from VRA’s thermal plants have been rejected by the Staff Groups of the Volta …

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KNUST chases ECG, SSNIT and three others for ₵1.2m debt owed

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is chasing the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), and others for a debt of GH₵1.2 million. The Vice-Chancellor of KNUST, Professor Rita Akosua Dickson, who revealed this when she appeared before the Public …

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GRIDCo and ECG announce three weeks dumsor

The Ghana Grid Company Limited, (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana, (ECG) have announced interruption in power supply popularly known as ‘dumsor’ for three weeks in the country. The interruption in power supply is as a result of maintenance works being undertaken by a gas supplier in Nigeria and …

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Anybody who is currently experiencing dumsor is due to a localized fault – ECG

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has said any customer who is currently experiencing a power outage is due to a localized fault. According to ECG, the electricity problems have been fixed and so there is a stable national power supply (stable national grid). In a statement issued by the …

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ECG apologises over power outages in parts of Eastern region

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has expressed regret over power outages in parts of the Eastern Region. “ECG regrets the inconvinience caused to our affected customers” The power distributor said in a statement sighted by Elvisanokyenews.com on Thursday, March 21, 2024. ECG explained that the power cuts in parts …

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ECG cuts power to Garden City Special School over GH₵66k debt

Students and Authorities of Garden City Special School at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti Region are frustrated as they have been plunged into darkness for five weeks now over debt owed to the Electricity Company of Ghana. The situation has adversely affected the academic activities and boarding on the campus …

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Dumsor: Blame electricity thefts not ECG or the government – Mr. Logic

Entertainment pundit, Emmanuel Barnes, popularly known as Mr. Logic, says Ghanaians should blame electricity thefts for the recent power crisis (dumsor) in the country, not the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) or the government. He said people are given the power but they are not paying because they are stealing …

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Release load-shedding timetable for businesses to plan better – Kofi Buah tells ECG

Former Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah has called on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to as a matter of urgency release a load-shedding timetable. He said Ghana is currently grappling with a severe case of Load Shedding, commonly known as Dumsor so releasing load-shedding timetable …

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