During a press briefing, Kodzo Yaotse, ACEP’s Policy Lead for Petroleum and Conventional Energy, condemned ECG’s perceived incompetence, attributing it to the company’s monopoly in the power distribution sector.

“They [ECG] are just lucky that they have a monopoly over the service that they provide for us. If there was competition in the distribution of power in this country, I am sure ECG would have lost all of its customers by now to a more efficient and competent power supplier.

“To the extent that ECG is exhibiting some regulatory recalcitrance and also with the blessing of the Energy Minister, who is a politician by the way and would never want to admit that we are in this fix, we may not see a timetable until we are able to isolate the political management of ECG from the technical management of ECG.”

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The deadline was provided by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) following the incessant power outages.

The Commission had instructed the ECG to submit a comprehensive report covering the period from January 1, 2024, to the present date.

This was supposed to also outline the volume of load curtailed for each outage incident, energy not served, and the number of customers affected.

The Commission had given the ECG a seven-day deadline to furnish them with the required information.

However, despite the stipulated timeframe, the ECG has failed to comply with the PURC’s request.

Failure to respond to these key issues may result in sanctions being imposed on the power distribution company, as warned by the PURC.

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