Energy Commission Ghana (EC)

Morada

Headquarter Address:

FREMA House, Plot 40, Spintex Rd.

P. M. B. Ministries

Accra

Ghana

Phone:

(+233) 21 813 756/7

Fax:

(+233) 21 813 764

Web:

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

EMail:

info@energycom.gov.gh

Descrição

Main Geographic Focus:

ECOWAS Country

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Mission

The Energy Commission is a statutory body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal established by an Act of the Ghanaian Parliament, the Energy Commission Act, 1997 (Act 541). The Commission may sue and be sued in its corporate name.

The Executive Secretary is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Energy Commission and is required to ensure the implementation of the decisions of the Commission. He provides strategic and organizational leadership to build the Commission into a pre-eminent state agency for formulating and articulating national energy policies.

The Mission of the Energy Commission is to advise on reliable and sustainable energy provision to the Minister of Energy and effectively regulate the utilization of all energy forms in the country.

The Vision of the Energy Commission is to become a leading energy planning and regulatory institution reputed with transparency,excellence and innovation in Africa and beyond.

Projects

Special Projects:CFL Project Refrigerator Energy Efficiency: UNDP-GEF is providing assistance to the Government of Ghana to implement a project titled “Promoting of Appliance of Energy Efficiency and Transformation of the Refrigerating Appliances Market in Ghana”. The primary objective of the project is to improve the energy efficiency of appliances marketed and used in Ghana through the introduction of a combination of regulatory tools such Minimum Energy Performance Standards and Information Labels (S&L) and innovative economic tools.NEDPIC (Database) Among the specific mandates of the Energy Commission under the Energy Commission Act, 1997, (Act 541), is a requirement to secure a comprehensive national energy database for informed decision making and to facilitate the formulation of sound energy policies with regard to the development and utilization of energy resources in Ghana. This charge requires a reliable energy information management system at the Commission to facilitate the monitoring of energy sector developments and support the sector with good data analysis and energy needs forecasting.Certification of Electricians: The Ghana Electrical Wiring Regulations 2012, (L.I. 2008) were passed into law by Parliament on Friday 24th February, 2012 as one of the responses to the spate of electrical fires that had occurred in the country.  The key objectives of the Regulations are to ensure that only properly qualified and certified professionals engage in electrical wiring and installation works, to well defined standards that would promote the safety of persons, property and livestock.  Under these regulations, only Certified Electrical Wiring Professionals (CEWPs), qualified under the regulations, will be legally entitled to undertake indoor electrical wiring projects.

Activities

The functions of the Energy Commission include the following:

To serve as the Government's energy policy adviser by making national energy policy recommendations to the Minister of Energy.
To formulate national policies for the development and utilization of indigenous energy resources, in particular, renewable energy:solar, wind and biomass;
Prepare, review and update periodically indicative national plans to ensure that all reasonable demands for energy are met;
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 to consumers by public utilities;
To enforce the provision of such legislative instruments uniformly throughout the country;
To promote competition in the supply,marketing and sale of renewable energy products and other forms of energy;
To promote energy efficiency and productive uses of electricity, natural gas; and petroleum products.
To license public utilities for the transmission, wholesale supply, distribution and sale of electricity and natural gas; and
To secure a comprehensive database for national decision making for the efficient development and utilization of energy resources available to the nation.

Tipo

Government

Energy regulator

Type of bussines

REEE Strategic Consulting (policy, strategy, markets, scenario)

Field of Expertise

Politicas e Estratégias

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