Member of Parliament for Effia, Isaac Boamah-Nyarko, has called for urgent reforms within the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), arguing that addressing inefficiencies in revenue collection should take priority over repeated tariff increases.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s The Big Issue on Saturday, June 27, he said the recurring adjustment of utility tariffs ultimately places a growing financial burden on consumers, warning that the trend is becoming unsustainable for households.
According to him, the core challenge lies in ECG’s inability to collect revenue from electricity sold, insisting that resolving that gap would reduce the need for frequent price increases.
“The end result is the Ghanaian consumer pays… quarterly tariffs are being adjusted. Cumulatively it is leading to significant increases in utility pricing. That is the issue,” he said.
He further argued that broader economic factors, including inflation and exchange rate pressures, continue to influence utility pricing, but stressed that governance and efficiency challenges within the system remain central to the problem.
“If inflation or exchange rates are managed properly, we are not going to pay more,” he noted, adding that responsibility for addressing the situation rests with government.
Meanwhile, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced an upward review of electricity and water tariffs, effective July 1, 2026.
Under the new adjustment, electricity tariffs will increase by 3.49% across board, while water tariffs will go up by 0.85%.
In a statement issued on June 22, the Commission explained that the review is part of its quarterly tariff adjustment mechanism, which takes into account changes in inflation, exchange rates, electricity generation mix, and the cost of fuel used for power generation.
