{"id":406759,"date":"2018-03-06T07:36:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T07:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=406759"},"modified":"2018-03-06T12:54:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T12:54:40","slug":"govt-didnt-force-us-reduce-tariffs-purc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/govt-didnt-force-us-reduce-tariffs-purc\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t didn\u2019t force us to reduce tariffs – PURC"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), has downplayed suggestions that it was forced by the government to reduce electricity tarrif.<\/p>\n
The Commission on Monday announced a massive reduction in power tariff for businesses and residential facilities two months after President Akufo-Addo indicated the government will ensure an average of 14% reduction in electricity tariffs<\/strong><\/a><\/span> for\u00a0non-residential users in the country.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”WbhzsM0QlbCoxLbhqn3yOnaezFqnotpR”]But the according to the Executive Director of the PURC, Mami Dufie Ofori, the decision to reduce the tariffs was taken independent of government and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n She said the PURC made the announcement according to its timetable that called for a major review of utility tariffs every two years.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are not influenced as such by what the government will say. The government itself owns the utility so whether by their own study of the utility operations they believe there could be a decrease, that was an issue for them but we went according to our timetable where we do a major review every two years . So we were not influenced by the government’s proposal,\u201d she told Umaru Sanda Amadu on Eyewitness News.<\/p>\n