{"id":46100,"date":"2023-03-19T21:33:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T21:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/19\/ecg-hasnt-disconnected-our-power-we-run-on-prepaid-metres-energy-ministry\/"},"modified":"2023-03-19T21:33:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T21:33:08","slug":"ecg-hasnt-disconnected-our-power-we-run-on-prepaid-metres-energy-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/19\/ecg-hasnt-disconnected-our-power-we-run-on-prepaid-metres-energy-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"ECG hasn\u2019t disconnected our power; we run on prepaid metres \u2013 Energy Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"456\"  alt=\"\" title=\"energy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/energy-696x456.png\" data- class=\"entry-thumb lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"456\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/energy-696x456.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"energy\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>The Ministry of Energy says it has noted reports that it has suffered a disconnection exercise from its agency, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) over unpaid electricity bills last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry describes the report as wrong as the whole facility runs on prepaid meters.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the matter, Communications Specialist at the Ministry, Kofi Abrefa Afena said, at no point has the Ministry been disconnected from the grid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry only had prepaid payment challenges and therefore called the ECG to intervene\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He continued \u201cThe Ministry of Energy as the supervising agency of the ECG will support ECG in recovering all its moneys accruing from energy sold to consumers.<br \/>The Ministry will lead by example in paying for its energy consumed\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry according to Mr. Afena urges all and sundry to pay for their energy consumed to enable ECG and NEDCo provide essential services to consumers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Energy says it has noted reports that it has suffered a disconnection exercise from its agency, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) over unpaid electricity bills last Tuesday. 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