Ghana: ECG Releases Guidelines For Three Months’ Free Electricity

Ghana’s southern power distribution company, ECG, has outlined a time table to extend the free electricity to lifeline consumers from January to March this year.

This is part of the Covid-19 relief package announced by President Akufo-Addo last Sunday, January 3, 2021, to cushion lifeline consumers in the West African nation for the next three months.

Lifeline consumers are those who consumes between 0-50kWh of electricity.

Touching on how they want to implement the relief, ECG said lifeline users on both prepaid and post- paid meter systems would continue to benefit from the GoG’s relief as stated.

The company explained that lifeline smart prepaid consumers would be automatically credited with their lifeline units for January, February and March.

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“Consumers on non- smart prepaid meters will have swipe or insert their free line lifeline units for January, February and March,” the company stated.

ECG further noted that consumers on non-prepaid meters will have to swipe or insert their cards in in their meters before they visit their vending points to recharge, in order to receive their free units for each month.

With reference to lifeline postpaid consumers, the implementation guideline observed that their January, February and March 2021 would indicate the GoG absorption of their lifeline consumption.

“Management wishes to assure lifeline consumers and stakeholders that it is resolved to implement this directive to the letter. Consumers are advised to contact ECG District offices with any challenge for a resolution,” the Southern Power Distribution company assured Ghanaians.