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NDC responsible for energy sector debt – Dalex Finance’s Joe Jackson
The Director of Business Operations at Dalex Finance, Joe Jackson has asked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to take full responsibility for the financial challenges facing the energy sector. Mr. Jackson on The Big Issue on Citi TV/FM said the NDC government’s...
PDS expands operations in Volta/Oti regions
The Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana has embarked on expansion works in the Volta/Oti regions to cover some communities without electricity. Between January and May 2019, the company is said to have spent a total of GH¢15,602,152.03 on improving its system and...
Electricity consumers to pay over 11% more
From the 1st of July 2019, consumers would be paying 11.17% more for electricity, according to an approved upward adjustment of tariff by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), announced on Friday June 21, 2019. A press release signed by the Executive...
Ability to stabilise our energy supply based on political will – ACEP boss
The Executive Director for energy policy think tank, African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Mr. Benjamin Boakye has said the ability to stabilize energy is a political decision. Speaking in an interview with Nana Adjoa Owusu on Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm he...
Group worried over fake electrical products in Ghana
The Communications for Development and Advocacy (CDA) Consult has called for a stiffer punishment for dealers in fake electrical products in the country. It said the country was gradually becoming a haven for the marketing of counterfeit electrical products, with the...
Communicate new tariffs now – ACEP to PURC
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has called on the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to announce its electricity tariff now, if the effective date of July 1, 2019 still stands. The think-tank made the call in a press statement expressing concern...
Chamber of Independent Power Producers, Distributors and Bulk Consumers launched
The Chamber of Independent Power Producers, Distributors and Bulk Consumers (CIPDIB–Ghana) was on Tuesday launched to reduce the burden on government in the area of policy formulation and regulation of the energy sector. The Chamber among others would help to create a...
IES predicts 3-5% drop in fuel prices
The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has predicted fuel prices in Ghana are likely to drop “within the band of 3% and 5% at the pump.” IES in a statement on Monday said its forecast is based on the fact that “average Brent crude price has fallen by 9.50%, Gasoline...
One dead in Dawhenya filling station explosion
One person is reported dead this morning, following a minor explosion at Runel Petro and Gas Filling Station at Dawhenya, in the Prampram District in the Greater Accra Region. The victim, 47-year-old Anthony Ahiabu, who is a worker at the filling station, met his...
Our stations did not deliberately cheat consumers – GOIL
Following the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) report indicting some fuel stations for underdelivering fuel, the Ghana Oil Company (GOIL) says technical hitches may have caused the situation. The company’s Head of Fuel Marketing, Marcus Deo Darke insisted that his...
