The Eastern Regional office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) spent over GHC 7.4 million on network improvement projects in 2025, covering transformer installations, capacity upgrades and grid extension works across the region.
Regional Manager Ing. Emmanuel Appoe disclosed this at a media engagement in Koforidua, saying the investments had translated into more stable power supply for customers throughout the year.
The spending covered eight new transformer installations in areas experiencing rising load demand, upgrades of five lower-capacity transformers to higher-capacity units, and 40 network improvement and extension projects spread across the region.
Ing. Appoe said the region is also rolling out the Voltage Improvement and Technical (VIT) Project, which he described as a flagship initiative designed to limit the impact of faults on the wider distribution network. Fourteen districts are currently benefiting from the VIT Project. Once completed, maintenance teams will be able to isolate faults that would otherwise have caused extended outages across large areas.
In parallel, the region is implementing the Loss Reduction Project (LRP) in seven districts Koforidua, Tafo, Nkawkaw, Suhum, Kibi, Asamankese and Oda. A pilot phase is also underway in the Asesewa District, pending approval for full implementation. Under the LRP, a total of 69,033 prepaid meters have been installed across the seven active districts.
Revenue protection activities recovered over GHC 1.5 million during the year through enforcement actions that uncovered 33 meter bypasses, 37 cases of meter tampering and 47 unauthorised service connections. Ing. Appoe said these interventions are central to reducing commercial losses that weaken the company’s capacity to invest in the network.
ECG has consistently identified revenue challenges as one of the biggest constraints on its ability to stabilise power supply and fund network upgrades across its operational regions.
The Regional Manager called on customers to pay their electricity bills promptly and avoid all forms of illegal connections, saying compliance was essential to sustaining the improvements being made.
