The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) from the national grid over an outstanding debt of GH¢1 billion.

This action is part of ECG’s nationwide operation to hold all defaulters accountable. GWCL joins a growing list of institutions and individuals who owe ECG substantial sums through illegal connections and other irregularities.

On Monday June 16, 2025, the Revenue Team from ECG’s Accra East Division uncovered widespread illegal electricity connections at Rehoboth Estate in Kweiman.

During an inspection of the estate, the team discovered that over 100 newly constructed homes had been illegally connected to the electricity grid.

Additionally, a block factory within the estate was found to be using an illegal connection to power its operations.

In a video shared by JoyNews on X, members of the ECG team were heard expressing their frustration, “They don’t have meters. These people are very wicked. There are cables on the floor. Almost everybody has an air conditioner in this estate.”

JoyNews further reported that, following the discovery of widespread power theft, the illegally connected block factory, which supplies construction materials, was disconnected from the power supply.

Eunice Nana Agyemang, Accra East Revenue Protection Manager of ECG, who led the operation, noted that the team had uncovered large-scale electricity theft in the area. She explained that the exercise has been ongoing for the past two weeks.

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