Tag: CIPDiB
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Chamber of IPPs disappointed over ECG’s tariff increase request
The Chamber of Independent Power Producers Distributors and Bulk Consumers (CIPDiB), has expressed disappointment at the call for an increment in electricity tariffs by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). According to the Chamber, the government has engaged the IPPs to reduce their capacity charges or tariffs to the ECG, to make the price of…
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CIPDiP commends Energy Minister for his candour and readiness to solve energy problems
The Chamber of Independent Power Producers, Distributors and Bulk Consumers , CIPBiB, wish to commend the Minister for Energy, Hon. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, for his candour. Speaking at the 4-day Energy Sector Work Programme retreat at Ada in the Greater Accra Region, the Minister was reported to have said that the country ought to generate…
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IPPs disappointed over silence on $1.4bn debt in Mid-year budget
The Chamber of Independent Power Producers and Bulk Consumers has expressed disappointment over government’s failure to address the debt of about USD$1.4 billion owed them in the Mid-year budget. According to them, although the power sector has mane challenges, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, during the reading of the Mid-year budget review on Thursday, 23…
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Chamber of IPPs kick against gov’t’s plan to buy some of them with $2bn energy fund
The Chamber of Independent Power Producers, Distributors and Bulk Consumers [CIPDiB], wants the government to reconsider its decision to use a proposed two billion dollar energy sector fund to re-finance the existing debt and buy some Independent Power Producers. The Chamber contends that the move will not augur well for the country’s energy sector, as…