The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), has refuted claims made by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) regarding 360 overloaded transformers in the country.
This statement follows a fine levied by the PURC on former ECG board members for neglecting to notify consumers before power interruptions, as stipulated by Regulation 39 of L.I. 2413.
Speaking to Accra-based Citi FM on the back of this, Ishmael Edjekumhene, a Commissioner of the PURC expressed surprise at the Managing Director of ECG’s assertion that 630 transformers were overloaded, resulting in intermittent power cuts.
He noted that this information was not previously communicated to the PURC, despite regular monitoring.
“So, we were just following up on information that ECG itself has put into the public domain which the regulator wasn’t aware. So, when we wrote to the ECG, if that wasn’t the case they should probably have said that that wasn’t the case. But they gave us all the information.
“We have gone out to all the transformers, at least a majority of the transformers and it is turning out to be that those transformers were not overloaded. That is why GRIDCO said they gave instruction and ECG is not complying with those directives in a timely manner,” he stated.
