The Chairman of the Energy Committee of Parliament, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedrah, says he will not approve of Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) proposal to increase Distribution Service Charge (DSC1) by 225%.
The proposal by the ECG will take the ECG tariff from its current rate of Ghana pesewas 19.0384 kilowatts per hour to Ghana pesewas 61.8028 kilowatts per hour.
Speaking on Joy News PM Express on September 9, the Energy Committee’s chairman said they will not be approving of such a request by the ECG.
“Sitting here as the Chairman of the Energy Committee and listening to PURC, ECG and all of the institutions under PURC, I will not approve anything,” Emmanuel Bedrah said.
He revealed that ECG’s request proposal has already drawn criticism from his committee members, saying “On my committee’s page, it was bipartisan bashing of ECG.”
Mr. Bedrah further indicated his intention to formally communicate the committee’s stance to the P
“I’m going to call the PURC Executive Secretary that he shouldn’t bring it to us,” he said, and questioned, “How can you increase ECG tariff to 225%?”
