Dr. Elikplim Kwabla Apetorgbor, CEO of Independent Power Generators Ghana, has voiced strong opposition to the privatization of the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) debt collection and billing services, labeling such moves as wasteful and counterproductive.
Instead, he advocates for the nationwide implementation of prepaid meters to enhance ECG’s revenue mobilization efforts.
During his first State of the Nation Address of his second term on February 27, 2025, President John Dramani Mahama disclosed that ECG has accumulated a debt of GH¢68 billion, raising concerns about its financial health and ability to provide reliable electricity services
In an interview on Channel One TV’s The Point of View, Dr. Apetorgbor emphasized that ECG should focus on technological investments to address its recurring challenges.
He further recommended that ECG invest in technologies to monitor voltage fluctuations in real time, enhancing service reliability.
“What we’re saying is that the tariffs should be cost-effective and should enable ECG to recover its most competitive or efficiency cost. We’re not saying that we should support ECG’s inefficiencies; justifiable costs should be recovered through the tariffs.
“We even proposed that stringent cost measures should be implemented in ECG’s administrative or operational activities. We looked at the issue of technology, we’re way behind technology in the power sector.
“There’s no where in the world or people going after customers to come and pay bills, implement pre-paid meters, automatically everybody pay for the services. Why waste resources to bring in companies to be going after customers for debt collection?. It’s a waste of resources.
“We talked about technologies that could help ECG monitor the voltage fluctuation in real time.”
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