Accra March 14, - Mr Samuel Boakye-Appiah, the Managing
Director of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has said the Public Utility and
Regulatory Commission (PURC) tariff review would be implemented effective March
15.
Speaking at a press briefing in
Accra on Wednesday, Mr Boakye-Appiah said the monthly billing cycle of the
prepayment metering system does not technically allow ECG to implement the
review in the middle of the month.
He assured prepaid customers of
ECG to note that, the programming of the billing system would refund the
reduction from the implementation date of March 15 to March 31, when they
deposit cash or purchase electricity from April 1 onwards.
Mr Boakye-Appiah explained that,
customers on their first visit in April, the prepayment would detect the
aggregate purchase for the month of March and compute the reduction due them
from effective date of March 15 to 31 and be refunded on the next visit to the
vending point.
He said the average percentage
reduction that is 17.5 per cent for residential, 30 per cent for
non-residential, 25 per cent for Special Load Tariff Customers and 10 per cent
for the mines which takes effective March 15 is on energy consumption only.
He stated that the addition of
statutory levies and other fixed charges would reduce the average percentage
relief announced by PURC.
The Managing Director said the
ECG has compiled all unit consumption and expected cost in “Reckoner” which
explains how the tariff was calculated and billed regardless of the type of
metering and it would be displayed at all district offices and revenues centres
nationwide to guide customers on their electricity purchases.
The PURC on March 5, has
announced a general reduction in electricity tariffs after extensive
stakeholders’ consultations in the sector, as well as detailed analysis of
proposals tendered in by companies in the power distribution chain.
GNA
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