The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has conceded that budgetary constraints have contributed to some of the recent blackouts.
ECG’s Deputy Managing Director, Kwadwo Obeng, advised Ghanaians to pay their electricity bills in order to support ECG in maintaining a steady power supply during a forum hosted by CSOs in the energy sector.
Mr. Obeng pointed out that other factors influencing the sporadic power supply include scheduled maintenance and a lack of gas to operate the nation’s thermal facilities.
“I believe PURC has arrived, providing some tools to alleviate some of the financial difficulties, but ultimately, it is up to you and me to settle our debts. It’s a supply chain in which we purchase the goods, transport them to us, resell them, and everyone anticipates that we will get paid.
After then, the funds are returned to the gas providers and IPPs via the supply chain. But because this system isn’t perfect, we have trouble getting the money and giving it to the suppliers. However, we are getting better,” he said.
“It might cause dumsor,” he continued. I understand the difficulty I have in collecting money from my customers because I work at ECG.
