Ghana’s Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) says it will make sure that electricity and water consumers are not burdened with tariffs that would be difficult to pay.
According to the Commission, the tariff will be such that consumers will be happy to pay.
Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Ishmael Ackah, who gave the assurance at a public hearing for the Multi-Year Major Tariff Review at the University of Ghana, Legon, said the Commission would be looking at three things before determining a tariff for consumers.
First of all, he said the Commission would ensure that investment in the utilities is efficient enough. That is, investing in things that would help and lead to reliable and better services to customers.
Secondly, he said the Commission would ensure that the tariff would lead to innovation on the part of utilities.
“In this time when digitisation is becoming the order of the day, we want them to cut costs and use technology to do several things,” he said.
Thirdly, he said the Commission would balance the interest of consumers with that of the utilities by ensuring that the tariff is such that consumers will be happy to pay.
Present are the public hearing stakeholders including hairdressers, bar operators, restaurants operators, academia, think tanks and transport operators.
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