ECG begins installation of prepaid meters in Krobo area after previous failed attempts

The Electricity Company of Ghana has begun the full deployment and installation of prepaid metres in the Krobo enclave in the Eastern Region.

Previous attempts at introducing prepaid meters in the Krobo enclave caused a rift between residents and workers of ECG, with a case where ECG officials were physically assaulted in the past.

“Last week, a tripartite committee comprising the Electricity Company of Ghana, National Security and the United Krobo Foundation met, and the agreement is that, ECG is going to install prepaid meters for which all of us have agreed, so we are going to deploy our men to the field, start the installation of prepayment meters,” he said.

Some customers came on their own to request for the meters and some were replaced meters

Some of the customers still say they do not want the prepaid meters

The contractor installed about six in one of the areas and some of the residents agitated that they do not want the prepaid meters, so the contractor had to remove these meters.”

Meanwhile, some community members of Lorlornyo, a suburb of Kpong in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality, who have been connected to the prepaid metering system by the Electricity Company of Ghana, are calling on other members of the community to embrace it.