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ECG Faces Pressure Over Opaque Billing Adjustments, Meter Spend, and Ashanti Outages

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Ghana's Electricity Company of Ghana is facing simultaneous pressure over opaque billing adjustments that consumers say amount to overcharging — prompting calls for PURC intervention — equipment and cable failures causing outages in the Ashanti Region, and questions over a GH¢42.7 million meter replacement programme. ECG has defended the meter spend by explaining that old Huawei meters are being redeployed rather than discarded, while attributing Ashanti outages to infrastructure faults rather than policy decisions.

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ECG defends GH¢42.7m meter replacement, says old Huawei meters are being redeployed · myjoyonline.com · T3
ECG’s billing adjustments: consumers feel robbed, PURC must intervene · myjoyonline.com · T3
Recent power outages in Ashanti Region are caused by equipment failure, cable faults – ECG explains · myjoyonline.com · T3

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Ghana's Electricity Company of Ghana is facing simultaneous pressure over opaque billing adjustments that consumers say amount to overcharging — prompting calls for PURC intervention — equipment and cable failures causing outages in the Ashanti Region, and questions over a GH¢42.7 million meter replacement programme. ECG has defended the meter spend by explaining that old Huawei meters are being redeployed rather than discarded, while attributing Ashanti outages to infrastructure faults rather than policy decisions.