The Electricity Company of Ghana, Volta Region, has disconnected some customers on the first day of the company’s nationwide revenue mobilization exercise which begun on March 20, 2023.
The exercise which took place in all Eleven districts of the company in the Volta and Oti regions saw officials from the company visit customers like Volta Serene, Abutia Stone Quarry, UHAS, and the Ho Technical University (HTU) which owed electricity bills.
The company has disconnected KFC for owing 68,000, Ho Airport for owing 63,000, GRA Office for owing 55,000, CEPS Training Academy at Kpetoe for owing 80,000 and Ho Technical University for owing 402,000.
However, HTU paid GHC200,000 after crunch talks with the ECG and have been told to settle the arrears by end of March
The exercise also saw some companies like the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) who paying 1 million Cedis out of the Ghc1.400,000 that they owed. The company has told the university to settle the remaining 400,000 Cedis by next week.
The ECG is embarking on this revenue mobilization drive to retrieve a debt of 5.7 billion Cedis NATIONWIDE out of which customers in the Volta region alone owe about 219 million Cedis.
The company is set to visit the Ho Teaching Hospital, the National Communications Authority (NCA), among others to retrieve about 5 million Cedis within the Ho municipality.
“We want customers to prioritize the payment of bills and this will enable us collect more revenue to keep the power sector operating,” a statement from the company noted.
The ECG is appealing to all customers to make payments before the disconnection team visits their premises.
Customers are entreated to make payments at any bank or through mobile money. Customers can also pay by dialing *226# or by downloading the ECG PowerApp on Google play store or IOS.