Electricity supply to the Treasure Island Hotel and the Musahamat Banana Farm in Aveyime has been cut off by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).

The action is a part of Operation Zero, the electricity company's ongoing effort to mobilize income.

The Farm Business, a part of the Tema Region of ECG's Ada District, owes the energy distributor GH219,184.42, while Treasure Island Hotel owes GH379,775.95; as a result, both of their connections were cut off on Thursday.

ECG on Tuesday, July 11 , began a two-month-long campaign to ensure that all customer of theirs pay outstanding debt.

“The intention is that once customers have consumed electricity, they must be ready to pay for it in a bid not to build debt,” said Sakyiwaa Mensah, ECG PRO for Tema Region.

In another development, the Aveyime Irrigation also got disconnected over a debt of GH₵63,801.22 while the Ada Technical Institute has also been disconnected over their GH₵71,102.11 indebtedness to the electricity distributor.

“The Operation Zero campaign has many of the staff of ECG deployed to the field, visiting customers, ensuring debts are being paid, monitoring meters to ensure their integrity, checking on other ECG installations as well as customer education on ECG going cashless and how to use its mobile app, the Power App,” said Ms. Mensah.

She further added, “there are, however, a lean presence of staff available in all offices, overseeing to customers who may visit the offices for additional services”.

The utility company also recommends that all meters on customers' properties be made accessible to its staff by both customers and the general public.

Customers and the general public are recommended to use mobile money or debit cards wherever possible to pay ECG since the corporation conducts cashless transactions.