[ 2016-09-16 ]

ECG unaware of GHC200,000 PURC fine
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is unaware
of the purported fine imposed on it by the Public
Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Mr Patrick
Tetteh, a senior staff member of the state power
distributor has said.

According to him, since the PURC had failed to
inform ECG about the purported sanction, the state
power distributor would not respond to such news.

PURC on Friday September 16 announced that it had
imposed a fine of GHS 202,640 on ECG for breaching
LI 1861 and LI 1935.

The company and its leaders refused to sell
prepaid power to customers during a recent
three-day strike in protest to the proposed
privatisation of ECG. The situation caused a lot
of discomfort to both domestic and industrial
customers who had to struggle to keep their homes
and businesses lit.

However, speaking in an interview with Nana Ama
Agyarko on Accra100.5FM’s mid-day news on Friday
September 16, Mr Tetteh said: “We (ECG) are only
hearing about this sanction in the media and on
social media; we have not been communicated to by
the PURC.”

“As far as we are concerned, we are not aware
of any such sanction by the PURC against the ECG
because we cannot rely on social media
reports.”

He wondered why the PURC would write to the media
about the sanctions instead of communicating the
decision to the supposed offender.

“PURC chose to write to the media whereas the
supposed offender has not been written to and so
how do we work with it?” he wondered.

“We are waiting for the letter and after that
we will give the appropriate response.”

Source - classfmonline.com

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