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MiDA INAUGURATES METER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ECG
A modern Meter Management System (MMS) which will integrate the ECG’s Smart pre-paid metering platforms and enhance customer experience, has been formally inaugurated in Accra. The total cost of the System is US$15,892,800, with MiDA, the Accountable Entity for the Ghana Power Compact, contributing an amount of US$11,189,901.
The US$316 m Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) funded MiDA’s portion of the Ghana Power Compact. The MCC is an Agency of the United States Government.
The MMS System will enable ECG customers connected to the System buy Pre-paid Credits anywhere in Ghana and be credited in real time. It will also make significant contributions towards improving ECG’s revenue mobilization efforts, while offering customers greater flexibility in paying for the electricity they consume, even when they travel outside their Regions.
“The Meter Management System was specifically requested by ECG as a solution to current challenges with multiple meter types, procured from a variety of meter vendors, none of which could communicate with the other. said Prof. Yaa Ntiamoah-Baidu (MiDA Board), in a speech read on her behalf by Martin Eson-Benjamin, MiDA CEO. She also stated that “the mix of activities under the EFOT Project are intended to reduce revenue losses and under-billing and ensure that ECG recovers its operational costs and invests in maintenance and expansion, without additional financial support from the Government.”
Martin Eson-Benjamin, MiDA CEO
The System has capacity to cover some five million ECG customers. The Meter Management System comprises 17 Servers in 6 racks, 40 Point-of-Sale devices, UPSs, laptops, printers, which have been delivered to two Sites; the ECG Project Office and the ECG Legon District Office.
At the moment, 12 prepaid meter types have been enrolled onto the MMS Sytem, with others programmed to join in phases. The state-of-the-art System, supplied and installed by Messrs. Siemens SA, is equipped with full redundancy, a backup that will enable the System to run at all times. It has a Primary Site and a Disaster Recovery Site with an online real time backup capability. “The MMS System would make a big impact on ECG’s revenue collection efforts” said Keli Gadzekpo, Board Chairman of ECG.
Keli Gadzekpo, Board Chairman of ECG
According to Steven Marma, Resident Country Director of MCC, “The US$316 million MCC Ghana Power Compact is the U.S. Government’s down payment on a brighter future for Ghana, and the completion of the Multimeter Management System is an important milestone for the Compact Program. “The MMS is an IT investment that lays the foundation for improved customer service and revenue mobilization, modernize ECG operations and improve service delivery to everyday Ghanaian citizens. MCC looks forward to ECG’s continued roll out of the system across all regions under ECG operations” he added.
Steven Marma, Resident Country Director of MCC
“As part of Government’s own policy pursuits for the Electricity Distribution sub-sector, we are desirous of strengthening the Electricity Distribution system to enhance competitive electricity supply and retail services for the ultimate benefit of the consumer”, said Deputy Energy Minister, Hon Andrew Agyapa Mercer, who spoke on behalf of the Minister for Energy. He agreed that the Meter Management System “is, undoubtedly, one of the key solutions to the myriad of challenges” ECG currently faces.
Hon. Andrew Agyapa Mercer, Deputy Energy Minister
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