{"id":207883,"date":"2016-04-19T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=207883"},"modified":"2016-04-19T13:00:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T13:00:04","slug":"power-ministry-audits-ecgs-systems-check-overbilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/04\/power-ministry-audits-ecgs-systems-check-overbilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Ministry audits ECG&#8217;s systems to check overbilling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry of Power has hinted to <strong>Citi Business News<\/strong> of an ongoing auditing of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG\u2019s) system over the increasing complaints of over-billing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;V6ojmfWD0hXmou8iPriG8EzNZY1jEu9C&#8221;]According to the Ministry, the auditing will ensure that consumers, especially businesses, are not short-changed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There has been growing concerns from the business community over the current cost of electricity in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The situation has led to some businesses threatening to relocate from.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Accra-based Italian Restaurant, Bread &amp;\u00a0Wine recently threatened to close down because they claimed they had been over-billed to the tune of about 60,000 cedis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to\u00a0<strong>Citi Business News<\/strong>,the Deputy Minister of Power, John Abdulai Jinapor assured that government was committed to addressing the issue of over-billing,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe have had discussions with ECG and we are doing a full audit of the ECG system and I want to assure everybody that we shall address that challenge. We want to ensure that people\u00a0are billed according to what the PURC has gazetted and if you are over-billed, there shall be a refund.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Jinapor\u00a0further implored on businesses for their co-operation in the work of the task force mandated to track organizations who by-pass the system and refuse to pay for electricity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He revealed that the operation has so far recovered about 30 million cedis from defaulting companies within the Tema metropolis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAll those who are bypassing, stealing and using electricity without paying; we will ensure that we bring them into the net. 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