{"id":163509,"date":"2024-03-20T10:03:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T10:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/20\/purc-directs-ecg-to-disburse-funds-from-cash-waterfall-mechanism-by-march-25\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T10:03:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T10:03:22","slug":"purc-directs-ecg-to-disburse-funds-from-cash-waterfall-mechanism-by-march-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/20\/purc-directs-ecg-to-disburse-funds-from-cash-waterfall-mechanism-by-march-25\/","title":{"rendered":"PURC directs ECG to disburse funds from Cash Waterfall Mechanism by March 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dr Eric Obutey, the Head of Research and Corporate Affairs at the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), has stated that the commission has instructed the Electricity Company of Ghana to distribute funds from the Cash Waterfall Mechanism (CWM) by March 25, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He clarified that the CWM is a system designed to distribute the revenues from electricity sales proportionately among the relevant market players in the energy sector involved in the electricity supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Obutey said in an <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong> interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on <strong>Citi FM<\/strong> on Tuesday that the mechanism was not functioning effectively, therefore, the commission requested an update and compliance with the mechanism by March 25.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cash waterfall mechanism is a system whereby monies that have been collected in the sector are distributed among the sector players from generators through transmission through to distribution. So that mechanism is not found to be working effectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we told them to give us an update on that mechanism and to comply with the mechanism the way it is supposed to be distributed by March 25.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further added \u201cThe other one has to do with the transformers that they said are overloaded in the system that ECG said they are replacing. 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