{"id":449739,"date":"2017-12-24T08:49:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T08:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/"},"modified":"2017-12-24T08:49:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T08:49:22","slug":"energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Minister inaugurates Electricity Market Oversight Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Sunday, 24 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>atinkaonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-24<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/72643525.295.jpg\" alt=\"Boakye Agyarko Power\" title=\"Boakye Agyarko Power\" width=\"295\" height=\"160\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514105362_519_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Minister for Energy Boakye Agyarko has charged the 11 member Board on Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG\u2019s) Electricity Market Oversight Panel (EMOP) to find a lasting solution to the current lapses electricity sector in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister speaking at a short ceremony to inaugurate the board in Accra, mentioned that the Electricity Market Oversight Panel (EMOP) would among others, seeks to monitor the general performance of electricity transmission, ensure smooth and efficient operation of the wholesale electricity market, monitor pre-dispatch schedules and ensure long-term optimization of hydro-electricity supply sources in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the electricity regulations 2008[L.I.1937] which defines a unique wholesale electricity market [WEM] for Ghana has been in existence for over 9 years now.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the chairman of the board Mr Michael Opam diplomat, who spoke on behalf of all the board members expressed their gratitude to H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo for the privilege.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the board recognizes the enormous responsibilities charged on them and will, therefore, work tediously to manage whatever resources available to them to ensure<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Sunday, 24 December 2017 Source: atinkaonline.com 2017-12-24 Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko The Minister for Energy Boakye Agyarko has charged the 11 member Board on Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG\u2019s) Electricity Market Oversight Panel (EMOP) to find a lasting solution to the current lapses electricity sector in the country. The Minister speaking at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":411618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Energy Minister inaugurates Electricity Market Oversight Panel - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Energy Minister inaugurates Electricity Market Oversight Panel - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Business News of Sunday, 24 December 2017 Source: atinkaonline.com 2017-12-24 Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko The Minister for Energy Boakye Agyarko has charged the 11 member Board on Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG\u2019s) Electricity Market Oversight Panel (EMOP) to find a lasting solution to the current lapses electricity sector in the country. The Minister speaking at [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/24\\\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/24\\\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Energy Minister inaugurates Electricity Market Oversight Panel\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-24T08:49:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/24\\\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":200,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/24\\\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/24\\\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/24\\\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/24\\\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\\\/\",\"name\":\"Energy Minister inaugurates Electricity Market Oversight Panel - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/24\\\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/24\\\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-24T08:49:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/24\\\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/24\\\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Energy Minister inaugurates Electricity Market Oversight Panel - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Energy Minister inaugurates Electricity Market Oversight Panel - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Business News of Sunday, 24 December 2017 Source: atinkaonline.com 2017-12-24 Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko The Minister for Energy Boakye Agyarko has charged the 11 member Board on Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG\u2019s) Electricity Market Oversight Panel (EMOP) to find a lasting solution to the current lapses electricity sector in the country. The Minister speaking at [&hellip;]","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Energy Minister inaugurates Electricity Market Oversight Panel","datePublished":"2017-12-24T08:49:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/"},"wordCount":200,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/","name":"Energy Minister inaugurates Electricity Market Oversight Panel - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2017-12-24T08:49:22+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/energy-minister-inaugurates-electricity-market-oversight-panel\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}