ECG to appear before Parliament’s Energy Committee over financial challenges

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is scheduled to appear before Parliament’s Energy Committee today, May 16, 2025, to discuss ongoing financial difficulties facing the power distributor.

Energy and Green Transition Minister John Jinapor previously revealed that the energy sector is grappling with a monthly funding gap of Ghc2 billion, primarily caused by ECG’s shortfall in revenue collection.

During the meeting, ECG’s management will be called upon to address these financial concerns as well as other operational challenges affecting the company.

Emmanuel Bedzrah, Chairman of the Energy Committee, told Citi News that the committee is engaging with key stakeholders in the power sector to pinpoint the root causes of the issues impacting the industry.

“We will be looking at their work, plan, and vision for the sector. They are the distributors of power. Currently, we are meeting with the generators, and we met with the transmitters yesterday. Everybody knows it is ECG that brings power into their homes. So, they should come and tell us, why we are not getting power in our homes.

“The generators say they have enough generating capacity and that the problem will have to do with financing, ECG is the final distributor who receives finance from customers and pays it to the others so they should come and tell us what their problem is,” he stated.