Deploy intelligent prepaid metres to address inefficiencies in ECG revenue collection – Apetorgbor

Dr. Elikplim Kwabla Apetorgbor, a power systems specialist, is urging the deployment of intelligent prepaid meters to address inefficiencies in revenue collection at the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).

He suggests that requiring consumers to pay before using electricity—similar to mobile airtime—will eliminate revenue losses and billing errors associated with estimated bills.

In his analysis of proposals to privatize ECG’s billing services, he argued that privatization fails to tackle core issues such as power theft, illegal connections, meter tampering, and enforcement weaknesses.

Instead, he advocates for mass deployment of intelligent prepaid meters, which would reduce operational costs and corruption risks while improving customer satisfaction and ensuring accurate, real-time consumption tracking, ultimately strengthening ECG’s revenue collection and energy accountability.