The
Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, PURC has met with members of the
Association of Small Scale Industries in the Kumasi metropolis to discuss
effects of the current electricity load management on their businesses and
interventions to make the situation bearable and keep them in business.
The
meeting was also to educate them on the use of solar power as an alternative
source of energy under a Solar Intervention Programme.
The Executive Secretary
of the PURC, Samuel Sarpong indicated that though initial stages in the solar
system installations may be costly, it is generally less expensive as compared
to hydro and other energy sources.
He said the Commission will soon begin an
assessment of various businesses to identify their energy needs to know how to
meet their demand after which a pilot of the Solar Intervention Programme will
start.
The Chairman of the Association of Small Scale Industries, Kwame Buor
lauded the Solar Intervention Programme and called for more sensitization on
it. He also appealed to the PURC to include especially members of the
association with expertise in solar installations in the programme.
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