Accra West ECG recovers GH¢675,313 from illegal connections

(ECG), Accra West Region, has recovered about GH¢675,313.00 from 94 customers who were found to have engaged in various forms of illegal connections.

Some illegalities the customers engaged in included meter bypasses, meter tampering, unauthorized service connections and direct connections.

The customers were identified during ECG’s one-week nationwide revenue mobilization exercise from 26th May to 2nd June.

The Accra west region retrieved 535,822KWh of electricity translating to about GH¢675,313.00.

The ECG Accra West General Manager, Ing Emmanuel Akinie praised the vigilance of the field team in uncovering the illegalities.

He noted that the illegalities identified were sophisticated, which shows the determination of some customers to deny the company of revenue from the electricity they use.

The Accra West region has eight operational districts