The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it is cutting down on losses and improving revenue mobilisation, having recorded its highest-ever monthly revenue of GH₵1.74 billion in July 2025.

Briefing the Energy Committee of Parliament on the company’s operations, acting Managing Director, Engineer Julius Kpekpena, said ECG has been implementing new measures to strengthen its internal processes and close revenue gaps.

“This year, July, we had our highest ever revenue in the ECG collector GH₵1.74 billion. It’s a record and we want to celebrate that,” he told the Committee.

Mr Kpekpena explained that ECG has also taken steps to improve customer service.

“We want to reduce the frustration Ghanaians face in getting power supply or in getting meters. We know we have some issues in some of the districts and regions, and we are working to resolve those. But internally, we are working on those processes, and we are making progress,” he said.

On the company’s request for a 220% increase in distribution service charges, which has faced public criticism, the acting MD clarified that ECG is not calling for higher tariffs for customers.

“ECG has asked for a certain percentage increase in the distribution service charge, not in how much customers will pay us. And so, ECG is not asking that customers’ tariff should be increased by 220%, absolutely not. What we are asking for can even be done without any corresponding increase in the end-user tariff,” he explained.

Mr Kpekpena argued that the tariff structure is currently “distorted” against distribution, with ECG receiving only 12% of the tariff component instead of the expected 40%.

“We are appealing to the PURC to correct that distortion. So the distribution service charge can go up without necessarily increasing the end-of-year tariff,” he added.