{"id":463709,"date":"2018-02-12T19:10:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T19:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/12\/ecg-demands-increment-in-electricity-tariffs\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T19:10:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T19:10:11","slug":"ecg-demands-increment-in-electricity-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/12\/ecg-demands-increment-in-electricity-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"ECG demands increment in electricity tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Monday, 12 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/35676160.295.jpg\" alt=\"ECG Against Privatisation\" title=\"ECG Against Privatisation\" width=\"295\" height=\"177\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File photo<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518462611_408_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is demanding 0.36% increment in electricity tariffs from the current 0.22% per kilowatt hour which was approved by Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ebenezer Baiden, who is the General Manager in charge of Regulatory and Governance Affairs the ECG disclosed this at a joint stakeholders consultative forum meeting with utility companies.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is a platform for the utility companies to present key highlights of their tariff proposals to the Regulator for consideration and approval or disapproval.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is also supposed to address issues of quality of service utility companies renders to consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ebenezer Baiden cited the huge operations cost as a result of the exchange rate, private power producers cost, fuel cost and other expenses to justify their demand.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/NxU9O3e8-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 updated by: 62 --><\/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 Monday, 12 February 2018 Source: mynewsgh.com 2018-02-12 play videoFile photo The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is demanding 0.36% increment in electricity tariffs from the current 0.22% per kilowatt hour which was approved by Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) in 2015. 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