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ENERGY COMMISSION

LOCATION : Frema House, SPINTEX ROAD

ADDRESS: Private Mail Bag, Ministries Post Office, Ministries, Accra-GHANA

TEL: +233 21 813764

E-MAIL: ecom_org@yahoo.com

FAX: +233-21 813764

Website: http://www.energycom.gov.gh

Primary Function:

To prescribe by legislative instruments, standards of performance and technical and operational rules of practice for the supply, distribution, sale of electricity and natural gas, and petroleum products to consumers by public utilities.

The Energy Commission of Ghana, established in 1998 by the Energy Commission act 1997 (Act 541) is the statutory regulatory body on energy, in Ghana . Its mandate and functions relate to the regulation, management, development and utilization of all energy resources in Ghana .

In regulating and managing the utilization of energy resources, the Commission is also responsible for co-coordinating policies in relation to them. The Commission's foremost mandate is however the issuance of licenses to all operators in the energy sector and the establishment and enforcement of standards of performance for public utilities, petroleum product marketing companies and their retail outlets.

As a result of the countries huge dependence on indigenous energy resources, the Commission is also tasked to recommend national policies for the development and utilization of indigenous energy resources dominant among them being wood fuels. The Commission also promotes the utilization of renewable forms of energy eg. Solar and wind power.

The Commission consists of seven Commissioners with considerable knowledge expertise and experience who are appointed by the President. The Commission's secretariat is run by an executive secretary who is also a member of the board, and comprises four main divisions. Power, Petroleum, Renewable Energy and Strategic Planning and Policy.

Mission and Vision

The Energy Commission is fully committed to serving effectively and efficiently the national interest in the discharge of its statutory mandates and functions. The Commission is equally committed to accepting and dealing with the challenges, that Ghana must meet head on in its quest for a truly functioning competitive energy industry that creates affordable energy supplies, improves energy reliability, efficiency and security and above all protects and enhances public safety, economic well being and environmental quality.

Key Activities

The Energy Commission is a statutory body corporate established by the Energy Commission act 541m 1977. The Commission was formally inaugurated on November, 7 1999. The Commission consists of seven commissioners appointed by the President of Ghana in consultation with the council of state.

The Commission has to date has licensed 1,000 operators in the energy sector most of whom are in the petroleum sub-sector.

In year 2002, the commission compiled a register of all petroleum retail outlets in the Greater Accra region after conducting an inspection exercising. The first time in the history of the sector, the commission is to licence bunkering companies Bulk Road vehicles BRVs, and charcoal exporters.

The commission will soon launch the first comprehensive national energy plan for Ghana named Strategic National Energy Plan (SNEP) The plan will include energy supply and demand scenarios for the next twenty years.

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