{"id":24491,"date":"2022-08-18T15:04:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/ghana-purc-to-increase-electricity-and-water-tariffs-effective-september"},"modified":"2022-08-18T15:52:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:52:56","slug":"ghana-purc-to-increase-electricity-and-water-tariffs-effective-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-purc-to-increase-electricity-and-water-tariffs-effective-september","title":{"rendered":"Ghana: PURC to increase electricity and water tariffs effective September"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced that they will increase electricity and water tariffs in Ghana by 27.15% and 21.55% respectively.<\/p>\n

This will come into effective on 1 September 2022.<\/p>\n

The commission has also approved a Weighted Average Cost of Gas (WACOG) of GH\u00a2 44 ($4.65).<\/p>\n

<\/a>Dr Ishmael Ackah, PURC Executive Secretary, explained that the tariff decision for the period 2022-2025 was informed by rigorous analyses, intense debates and extensive consultations. He said this when he announced the 2022-2025 multi-year major tariff review for natural gas, electricity and water services in Accra.<\/p>\n

Dr Ackah indicated that the new electricity tariff for lifeline customers, effective from the beginning of September, was 41.9 pesewas (monetary unit of Ghana, equal to one hundredth of a cedi, 1cedi = $0.11); 89.04 pesewas for residential customers and 83.7 pesewas for non-residential customers.<\/p>\n

For water tariffs, new tariff for residential customers was 6.8 pesewas; 11.2 pesewas for non-residential; 15 pesewas for commercial (sachet water producers); 45.9 for commercial (special commercial) while industrial consumers will pay tariffs between 4 and 45 pesewas.<\/p>\n

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For the end-user electricity tariffs payable by consumers, Ackah noted that the commission considered a number of factors, including the cost of power which is influenced by growth in demand, (WACOG), inflation and the Ghana Cedi\/US Dollar Exchange Rate.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor water, the commission took cognisance of the cost of electricity, increased volume\/cost of chemicals for raw water treatment, the Ghana Cedi\/US Dollar exchange rate, inflation, infrastructure upgrade\/expansion and, operation and maintenance of service delivery as well as financial viability of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The PURC Executive Secretary also said in approving the WACOG, the commission considered GNPC\u2019s projected gas volumes by gas source and tariffs as well as projected gas supply volumes and tariffs by N-Gas.PURC admits economic variables are affecting consumers and utilities alike<\/p>\n

Dr Ackah disclosed that the commission gave considerable thought to the role of small and medium scale enterprises in the country\u2019s economic development, particularly the creation and preservation of jobs and livelihoods.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo address the challenge, for the first time, industry including small and medium scale business owners of hairdressing and beauty parlours\/salons, barbering shops, tailoring and dress making shops, welding, mechanics, cold stores, chop bars, vulcanising and carpentry workshops among others, will now pay lower tariffs than the residential consumer class,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is to address the high electricity cost for industrial customers which has been repeatedly identified in the AGI Business Barometer as the key challenge affecting the competitiveness of Ghanaian industry in the global market place,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Ackah said the PURC in ensuring the interests of both consumers and utilities acknowledged that the very economic variables that have occasioned the steep increases proposed by the service providers also affected consumers. \u201cThe commission admitted, however, that some level of increases in utility tariffs were inevitable if the nation was to avoid another dumsor (loadshedding) and its attendant effects including job losses,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He applauded all stakeholders for their participation and inputs in the tariff approval process and added that \u201cthe Commission will continue to monitor the operations of the utility service providers to ensure value for money and quality of service delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter this major tariff review, the Commission will implement its quarterly tariff review in line with its Rate Setting Guidelines for Quarterly Review of Natural Gas, Electricity and Water Tariffs,\u201d said Ackah.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced that they will increase electricity and water tariffs in Ghana by 27.15% and 21.55% respectively. This will come into effective on 1 September 2022. The commission has also approved a Weighted Average Cost of Gas (WACOG) of GH\u00a2 44 ($4.65). 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