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Electricity Corporation of Ghana
The Electricity Company of Ghana is a limited liability Company wholly owned by the Government of Ghana. The Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) was incorporated under the Companies Code, 1963 (Act 179) in February 1997. It began as the Electricity Department on 1 April 1947 responsible for distribution power in the entire country and later became the Electricity Division in 1962. It was subsequently converted into the Electricity Corporation of Ghana by (NLCD 125)in 1967.
In 1987, the Northern Electricity Department (NED) was established under the Volta River Authority (VRA), to take over from ECG, the responsibility of electric power distribution in Northern part of Ghana.
Since then ECG has been responsible for distribution of electricity in six political/administrative regions in southern Ghana namely, Ashanti, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, Volta and Western Region.
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GhanaWeb
April 3, 2018
David Mensah was caught with stolen electricity meters, belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). He is to spend time in prison – three years for the crime. The meters had been installed in some homes as part of the power project and Mensah secretly removed them. Police Detective InspectorÃâà...
BusinessGhana
April 3, 2018
To ensure that the public adhered to the regulations, Mr Bleboo explained that the distribution utility companies such as the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) met the fundamental requirements of the law. “It is in the utmost interest of the distribution utilities to only initiate service connection processesÃâà...
Inquirer.net
April 1, 2018
According to Ghana's Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), Meralco submitted last week one of only two bids for the contract to manage, operate and invest in the Electricity Company of Ghana Ltd.'s (ECG) distribution business. The other surviving bidder is BXC Company Ghana Ltd., a seasonedÃâà...
GhanaWeb
March 27, 2018
... for the concession for the management of, operation of, and investment in the electrical distribution business of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). ... announce a concessionaire for Private Sector Participation (PSP) in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) from September to December 31, 2018.
Ghana Business News
March 26, 2018
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says the recent announced reductions in tariffs by the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) only reflects in the calculation of energy consumption. The PURC some few weeks ago announced reductions in tariffs to the tune of 17.5 per cent for residential,Ãâà...
Citifmonline
March 15, 2018
Businesses are expecting that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) would live by its assurance of implementing the reduction in electricity tariffs from the 1st of April as announced. Even though the reduction has been initially scheduled to take effect today, ECG maintains consumers should see it reflectÃâà...
Peace FM Online
March 7, 2018
While Ghanaians are expectantly waiting for March 15 to start enjoying reduced electricity bills, tariff submissions the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has presented to the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) reveal that government will pay GHÃââ2.3 billion (GHÃââ2.364 billion) in 2018 forÃâà...
Citifmonline
December 31, 1999
The Coalition of Stakeholders on Energy Concession Arrangements (COSECA), is questioning the processes being used to choose a concessionaire to manage the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) under the Power Compact Two. According to the Coalition, some of the companies bidding to takeoverÃâà...
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