Ghana’s Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) outfit in the Western Region has found the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) culpable for causing damage to properties belonging to five electricity consumers.
The Commission, thus, ordered the ECG to pay GH¢51,622.00 as compensation to the victims.
In a post on the Commission’s Facebook wall sighted by energynewsafrica.com, it said an electricity consumer in the Secondi-Takoradi Metropolis contacted the office of the Commission with a complaint of a burnt house.
The Commission said as part of its complaint handling procedure, an investigation was launched.
The Commission said its findings established that ECG was responsible for the high voltage that led to the destruction of the properties of consumers in the area that day.
“The Commission ordered that the consumers who were affected be compensated. The payment was made and the affected customers received their cheques as a result,” the Commission concluded.
Click on the link below to see a post by PURC
https://web.facebook.com/purcgh/posts/253837430266622
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
