Electricity consumers will have to wait until April 1 to enjoy the reduction in electricity tariffs announced to take effect from tomorrow March 15.
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) on March 5 announced a 17.5 per cent reduction in electricity tariff for residential consumers and 30 per cent for non-residential users.
A 25 per cent reduction was announced for Special Load Tariff Consumers and 10 per cent for mining companies in the country.
READ: Electricity tariffs reduced; 30% for non-residential
Though the reduction was required to take effect from Thursday, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) at an emergency news conference on the eve of the big day announced it cannot implement the new tariff regime on the set date.
Managing Director of ECG, Ing. Boakye Appiah, told journalists consumers would have to wait two more weeks to enjoy the reduction, which was a promise by the Akufo-Addo led government made possible by the PURC after a series of consultation and considerations.
He explained the decision to extend the implementation date to April 1 stems from the fact that their prepaid metering system is set on a 28-day billing cycle, which cannot be altered in the middle of the month, TV3’s Daniel Opoku reported.
Notwithstanding the difficulty, he assured that consumers will still enjoy the reduction from March 15 but will be in arrears, thus consumers will be credited on their next purchase of power from April 1.
“…We are saying that when you purchase unit for the prepaid, your records will be there and then on 1st April when we are doing the computing, we will take that into account and credit you and whatever reduction that you deserve will reflect,” Ing. Boakye told journalists.
He added: “So it is a question of when do I see the reduction? But as for the implementation, the programme is such that it will recognise it and you’d see the direct benefit from 1 April”.
By Stephen Kwabena Effah|3news.com|Ghana
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Electricity consumers will have to wait until April 1 to enjoy the reduction in electricity tariffs announced to take effect from tomorrow March 15. The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) on March 5 announced a 17.5 per cent reduction in electricity tariff for residential consumers and 30 per cent for non-residential users. A 25 per …
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