It was the start of a busy week, where GRIDCo’s Board, led by Chairman, Amb. Blay Amihere, and CEO Ing. Ebenezer Essienyi, participated in a joint press conference with the UETCL Board, led by Chairman, Mr. Kwame Ejalu Ejuku together with CEO Michael Tamrewa, and Company Secretary Michael Erone on Tuesday 27th September 2022.
The Board of the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company as part of its week-long benchmarking tour to GRIDCo, engaged Energy Ministry officials. The courtesy call with the Minister was to understand the Energy Ministry’s mandate, and how policies are followed diligently by its sector agencies, as well as insight of the regulator’s work. In his
The Accra Area played host to the 8-member Board of the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) guiding them through a tour of some selected substations of the Area namely, the Kasoa, Pokuase and Achimota Substations. The Ugandan delegation was welcomed on arrival at the Kasoa substation by the Area Manager Ing. Benjamin Ahunu,
GRIDCo’s Board Chairman, Ambassador. Kabral Blay-Amihere, an author and veteran journalist together with fourteen (14) other distinguished personalities, such as Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, were honoured for their significant contribution and activism in support of press freedom in Ghana. The essence of the recognition is to acknowledge efforts made by the fifteen (15)
A six -member joint team from Ghana’s Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC), and The Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC) has toured the System Control Centre of Ghana Grid Company Limited. The Team was led by PURC’s Engineer Vivor Geshon Marlet, Senior Manager at the Energy Directorate Department. He remarked: This visit forms part of a
The Management Team of GRIDCo has received more education on how best to implement the Right to Information (RTI) Law. A delegation from the Right to Information Commission, led by Steven Owusu Esq., Head of Legal, Governance, Regulatory and Research explained key provisions of the RTI Law focusing on the role of the Information Officer,
From September 2022, new utility tariffs come into effect. This follows an upward adjustment of tariffs announced by the PURC on Monday 15th September. Water tariff is set to increase by 21.55% while Electricity goes up by 27.95%. Official tariff communication approved for bulk generation, transmission and distribution entities was communicated directly to entities including
The Prestea Area maintenance team on August 29, 2022, successfully rehabilitated and commissioned one of the two Auto Transformers, 10T8, which was idle for about five years, due to a faulty Circuit Breaker 10T8K at the Prestea 225kV substation. In addition, two new circuit breakers, 10T8K and 10T8D, three new disconnect switches, 10T8K-K Pantograph,
The Utility Regulator, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, (PURC) has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that the Ghanaian public receives quality service from the Electricity and Water Company. The PURC made this known during a Consumer Service Clinic on Monday 12th September 2022. The PURC is leading these engagements across the country to educate
GRIDCo has won the “Best Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Compliant Institution” award SOE category for the second time at the Annual Internal Audit Conference. GRIDCo’s Chief Executive, Ing. Ebenezer Essienyi also won the “Best Head of Entity” of the SOE category award. This year’s Conference had the theme, “Injecting Fiscal Discipline in the Mobilisation and
