The President through the post announced that Cabinet has approved the Inter-Agency Taskforce put together to resolve complaints from the public regarding the bills and charges they receive from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in respect of power consumption.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”LZRuM9moEgfcV5wBJRIP0byzYEtnbDmh”]He further stated that \u201cthe present situation has to end, and I assure my fellow Ghanaians that this too, like other challenges we have faced together, will be fixed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The taskforce is made up of officials of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), the Energy Commission (EC), the Ministry of Power and ECG, among others and they will among other things run tests on the meters.<\/p>\n
Citi News understands that the taskfoce has already commenced their work starting in the Legon district of the ECG which covers areas such as IPS, American House and School junction and extend it further to other parts of the country.<\/p>\n
Tariff increases <\/strong><\/p>\n The PURC late last year sanctioned an increase of 59.2 percent and 67.2 percent for electricity and water tariffs respectively.<\/p>\n But businesses and individuals expressed displeasure with the increase which they described as astronomical.<\/p>\n Suspend billing software<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile, the PURC on Tuesday instructed the ECG, to suspend the implementation of their new billing software until further notice.<\/p>\n A statement signed by the PURC\u2019s Public Relations Director, Nana Yaa Jantuah, said the directive was necessitated by incessant complaints from customers who alleged that they were being over-billed by the ECG.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll beat ECG staff <\/strong><\/p>\n Prior to the PURC\u2019s directive, some Ghanaians in various regions demonstrated against ECG with some threatening to beat their workers over\u00a0high utility tariffs.<\/p>\n Some places that demonstrated against such issue included Kwaebibirem<\/strong><\/a><\/span> District of the Eastern Region and Teshie in Accra.<\/p>\n Compensate for consumers<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile, the African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), has said it is not enough<\/strong><\/a><\/span> for the PURC to suspend the implementation of the new electricity billing software by the ECG but ensure that customers are compensated.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana![\"cabinet](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cabinet-meeting-6-1.jpg\")
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