ELECTRICITY (SPECIAL LEVIES) ACT - 1995 (ACT 497)

    • There is imposed by this Act a special levy of c1.70 kwh payable by all consumers of electricity in Ghana as an additional charge towards the cost of rural electrification.

    • There is imposed by this Act a special levy of c0.5 kwh payable by all consumers of electricity in Ghana as an additional charge towards the provision of lights on streets, roads and similar public places.

    • (1) The levies payable under this Act shall be collected by the Electricity Corporation of Ghana and the Volta River Authority together with the regular charges for electricity consumption.

      (2) The levies shall be paid into such public account as the Controller and Accountant General shall determine.

    • Paragraph 2 of the Electricity Corporation of Ghana (Power Tariff) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (L.I. 1595) is revoked.