The Energy Commission has held a stakeholder engagement session with hotel managers, electricians and other players in the hospitality industry in Damongo, Savannah Region, as part of efforts to promote energy efficiency and reduce electricity costs for consumers.
The engagement, which brought together the Damongo hoteliers association and other stakeholders, was held on Monday, August 10, 2026, at the Catholic Guest House conference hall.
Speaking in his opening remarks, an official of the Energy Commission, Mr. Richard Dankor, said the engagement followed a request for sensitization training for hotel managers and other stakeholders. He explained that the main objective was to empower Ghanaian consumers, particularly hotel managers, to reduce their electricity bills.
Mr. Dankor said the training would take stakeholders through a series of presentations, starting with the basics of how energy works, before moving into the application of energy efficiency, conservation and energy management in their day-to-day operations. He added that participants would also be given an overview of relevant regulations and what they seek to achieve. He noted that although the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) was expected to be part of the engagement, the Energy Commission does not have a PURC office in Damongo, so officials would instead share the material PURC would have presented. A question-and-answer session followed the presentations.
In an interview with the media after the engagement, the Manager for Energy Efficiency Regulations at the Energy Commission, Mr. Hubert Nsoh Zan, said promoting energy efficiency and ensuring the judicious use of energy resources is part of the Commission’s core mandate.
He said the Commission had identified several stakeholder groups for engagement, including the hoteliers association, noting that many managers in the hospitality industry consume large amounts of electricity and pay excessively high bills. According to him, energy efficiency and conservation are key factors hotel managers must pay attention to.
Mr. Zan disclosed that the Commission engaged the southern sector hoteliers association last year, and is this year turning its attention to the northern sector, with Damongo as the first stop. He said the goal is to engage hotel managers and the hoteliers association on energy efficiency measures, train them as energy managers, and take them through the regulatory requirements for becoming energy efficiency champions.
He reiterated that the training’s main purpose is to empower Ghanaian consumers and hotel managers to cut down on their electricity bills.
Mr. Zan further advised that one of the most important things hotel managers must consider is what to look out for when procuring high-consumption appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators, microwave ovens and kettles for their facilities, stressing that attention to such details would help reduce energy consumption.
