Revenue Protection Manager of ECG in the Volta Region William Addy has warned customers to ensure that their facilities are properly "earthed" to avoid high electricity bills.
According to him, poor earth wiring systems produces faulty meter records, which results in high bills.
William Addy gave the advice when the ECG, as part of its social responsibility, tested the efficiency of ground connections of some commercial facilities in Ho.
The exercise was also part of activities to mark the 50th Anniversary Celebration of ECG, under the theme; "Powering the Socio-Economic Growth and Development of Ghana."
William Addy said poor wiring remained a dominant cause of domestic fires and high element of bills and urged customers to ensure that such projects were done by electricians certified by the Energy Commission.
He said customers with poor wiring systems could contact the ECG for assistance to improve the value of their systems.
Meanwhile, Utility service providers in Ghana are demanding an upward adjustment in their tariff, despite assurances given by the President to reduce electricity tariff.
The utility companies, in a meeting on February 12 2018 with the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC), requested tariffs increased by about 200 percent.
However, as reported by Prime News earlier, The finace minister in Presenting the 2018 budget stated that, electricity tariffs for domestic consumers could go down by as much as 13 percent if proposals by the government in the 2018 budget are implemented.
The move according to Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is in line with a promise by the President that the NPP government would ensure that electricity tariffs are reduced.
The NPP prior to the December 2016 general elections accused the John Mahama government of ripping Ghanaians off with high utility bills and promised to reduce it when voted into power.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had on January 15, 2018, announced an average of 14% reduction in electricity tariffs for non-residential users in the country with effect from January 2018.
“From January this year, the non-residential tariff rate, which is the rate which includes all of you here, is being reduced by an average of 14%. For barbers, it is being reduced by 18%; for hairdressers and beauticians, 15.7%, and for tailors, 9.8%,†he added.
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