The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it has terminated its Private Sector Participation Transaction Agreement with the Power Distribution Services (PDS).
A statement issued by the public relations and communications division of ECG said the termination takes effect, Wednesday 23rd October, 2019.
According to the statement “ECG has therefore assumed full operational and financial control of the electricity distribution business in the Southern Zone of Ghana with immediate effect. Consequently, all activities which were hitherto undertaken by PDS have reverted to ECG”
It also urged its customers to engage ECG in their normal business activities which include but are not limited to the following:
- Metering
- Billing
- Distribution of bills
- Bill reconciliation
- Revenue collection
- New service connections
- Faulty meter replacements
- Network faults and repairs
- Network operations, maintenance, Expansion and Rehabilitation
- Complaints and fault reporting to the call centers
- Any other related services
In this regard, all payments in respect of power purchases and other related activities should take place at:
- ECG Regional and District Offices
- ECG existing Customer Service Centres
- ECG licensed vending stations
- ECG operated Cash Points
- ECG authorized Banks
The statement added that “all cheques issued in respect of power purchases and other related activities should be in the sole name of Electricity Company of Ghana Limited…all assets currently in the name of PDS revert to ECG with immediate effect and will be rebranded in accordance with the decision over the next few weeks”.