The Government Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Fee (PURC), Dr Shafic Suleman, has paid a four-day working go to to the Western Area.
The tour, which ended on Monday, afforded Dr Suleman to pay courtesy calls on the regional administration of Ghana Water Restricted (GWL), the Electrical energy Firm of Ghana (ECG) and Twin Metropolis Power.
The go to, which additionally took the PURC boss to some Company Social Accountability tasks (Professional-poor water challenge) websites undertaken by the PURC at Mampong Nkran, Abasaa and Apremdo, to reinforce the collaboration between the PURC and the regulated utilities.
The Ghana Water Restricted (GWL) group, led by Chief Supervisor, Mr Richard Esoun, briefed the Government Secretary on their efficiency and challenges, a few of which included, non-payment of water invoice, theft of water meters, damages to their transmission and distribution pipelines by street contractors in addition to the air pollution their uncooked water and siltation of the consumption factors.
The Chief Supervisor, ECG, Western Area, Mr Emmanuel J. Ofori, additionally briefed Dr Suleman on their efficiency for 2024 and talked about their important problem to incorporate the inflow of overseas or unlawful meters with their operational space, unlawful connections and non-payment of payments.
The Government Secretary, on his half, emphasised the necessity for GWL to be proactive of their service supply.
He counseled the ECG for his or her efficiency however urged them to proceed the upgrades and enhancements within the electrical energy distribution community to reinforce service reliability and likewise increase shopper confidence and their willingness to pay their electrical energy payments.
Dr Suleman additionally suggested ECG to enhance their income assortment and likewise to regularise meters that had not been captured within the system.
On current tariff changes, he talked about that utility shoppers would count on improved high quality of service supply stressing that “high quality of service stays central to PURC’s regulatory mandate and we do extra to observe companies delivered by ECG to their clients.”
At Amandi Thermal Energy Plant (Twin Metropolis Power), Dr Suleman assured them of PURC’s dedication to making sure common funds to Impartial Energy Producers to maintain dependable energy era.
He disclosed that the tour had supplied his group useful firsthand insights into the area’s utility panorama, noting that, these observations would inform regulatory selections to enhance service supply throughout Ghana’s utility sector.
The Dr Suleman’s delegation included Director, Regional Operations and Client Providers, Alhaji Jabaru Abukari, Director, Power Directorate, Mr Fredrick Oblitey, Director, Analysis and Company Affairs, Dr Eric Obutey.
The remaining included the Deputy Director, Regional Operations and Client Providers (In command of Information Evaluation), Mr Leon Acquaye, Head of Company Affairs, Dr Robert Aziz and Regional Supervisor, Western Area, Ms Joyceline Hudson.
FROM CLEMENT ADZEI BOYE, TAKORADI
