The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) integrated and regularised 10,461 metres into its billing system in Bono Region in 2024, generating GHC 4,990,699.80 revenue for the company.
According to Mr Patrick Antwi, the Bono and Ahafo Regional Manager of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), the commission collaborated with the NEDCo for the integration exercise which was the ‘Self-Help Electrification Programme (SHEP) project of the government.
The SHEP project, he explained, aimed at deprived communities to be connected onto the national grid and to expand the nation’s power coverage, saying the commission’s intensified public education in the localities led to the integration of the metres into the main NEDCo lines.
Mr Antwi was speaking at a stakeholder meeting organised by the commission in Sunyani, and commended the NEDCo for the integration exercise, and however urged the company to tackle some unethical practices of some of its contractors who allegedly sold the meters in the local communities.
He said the PURC was also undertaking the “SHEP Project Reloaded,” an education programme targeting and sensitizing consumers on the need for them to pass through the laid down procedures to acquire electricity meters and inform the NEDCo whenever they had experienced challenges in power supply..
The implementation of the SHEP Project Reloaded commenced in 2024 and further aimed at sensitising power users and potential ones on the need for them to acquire metres from the NEDCo alone.
Mr Antwi assured that the PURC would maintain its collaboration with NEDCo to ensure that all meters were accurately captured in the company’s billing system for enhanced revenue generation and reliable power supply.
He said in 2024, the PURC facilitated adjustments, totalling GHC166,616.75 for consumers and successfully recovered GHC5,221,375.27 for the utility providers.
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