PURC bares its teeth at Electricity Company of Ghana over erratic power supply situation 

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has ordered the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to comply with the Cash Waterfall Mechanism (CWM) and pay all tariff revenues as prescribed and allocated under the CWM to secure the financial integrity of the energy sector.

According to the PURC, the objective of the CWM is to ensure fair and equitable allocation of revenues accruing from electricity tariffs it has approved as well as ensure that ECG distributes the tariff revenues it collects among all sector players along the electricity value chain.

This is contained in an 8-paged directive dated March 18 issued by the PURC.

The Commission further ordered the ECG to submit the following to its offices.

a. Copies of all Government directives to ECG for the purchase of fuel for power

generation from August 2023 to date;

b. The total amount of fuel ECG procured for power generation from August 2023 to date, together with fuel supply contracts, invoices, details of fuel quantities, cost, dates and volumes delivered and all pertinent details;

c. Details of all bank accounts and investment accounts currently operated by ECG;

d. Monthly bank and investment statements corresponding to each account showing balances for the period August 2023 to date.

In respect of the purported overloaded transformers which the ECG cites for the prevailing erratic power supply, the PURC ordered the submission of the following:

1. Ratings and current loadings of the overloaded distribution transformers;
2. GPS location of all overloaded distribution transformers;
3. Ratings of the new transformers to be installed in each location;
4. Timelines and duration for injection of transformers for each location;
5. Load management timetable corresponding with the timelines and duration foreach transformer injection;

2. Evidence of publication of 2.3e above to consumers.

Please read the Order to ECG  here.