{"id":172278,"date":"2024-04-17T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/17\/ecg-can-appeal-gh%c2%a25-8m-fine\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T06:00:25","slug":"ecg-can-appeal-gh%c2%a25-8m-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/17\/ecg-can-appeal-gh%c2%a25-8m-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"ECG can appeal GH\u00a25.8m fine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former Power Minister Dr. Kwabena Donkor has weighed in on the fine imposed on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC).<\/p>\n<p>The regulatory body imposed a hefty fine of GH\u00a25.8 million on ECG\u2019s board members for their failure to furnish the public with a load-shedding timetable despite repeated requests.<\/p>\n<p>In light of this penalty, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, Member of Parliament for Pru East, acknowledged the importance of the fine but also pointed out that ECG has the chance to appeal the imposed amount.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ECG board, if I were advising them, I would have advised them to appeal against the quantum of the sanction. PURC counted the number of breaches and imposed penalty points. PURC has the power to lower the number of penalty points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn any case, PURC\u2019s decision can be appealed both to the PURC itself or even through the courts. I want to see the development of the ECG board appeal the quantum of the fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Point Blank on <em><strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong> <\/em>on Citi FM on Tuesday, Dr Donkor added that the fine imposed on the board members was extremely refreshing because they failed to take accountability for the company\u2019s decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me that is extremely refreshing. Extremely refreshing because I also rank the state enterprises committee of parliament and good governance has been noticed more by its absence in a number of state-owned enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoard members do not take responsibility for decisions of the entities that they superintend over. 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