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KRANYARKO FARMS LIMITED
V.
ELECTRICITY COMPANY OF GHANA

(2016) JELR 65633 (CA)

Court of Appeal 21 Jan 2016 Ghana
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- The plaintiff, a poultry farm business, relied on the defendant electricity company for power supply and was bound by their rules and regulations. - The plaintiff fell into arrears of electricity bill payments and entered into a Debt Resc

Case Details

Suit Number:SUIT NO.H1/47/2015
Judges:OFOE J.A, ADUAMA-OSE J.A, WELBOURNE(MRS).J.A
Counsel:ANTHONY BOATENG FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT,SEYRAM DARBI FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

JUDGMENT

OFOE,J.A:

The plaintiff is in the Poultry Farm business located in the Nsawam District. It has a Hatchery as part of the business. For its power supply it relies on the defendant electricity company and therefore bound by all the rules and regulations of the defendant company. These rules include payment of the electricity bills as and when submitted by the defendant. Somewhere in the year 2010 the plaintiff fell into arrears of the electricity bill payments. It therefore became necessary for the defendant to enter into a Debt Rescheduling Agreement by which the plaintiff was to pay the debt over six months. The installment payments of the debt was to be by GH¢1,500 each month together with the monthly bills of electricity consumed by the defendant. That is to say he was under obligation, in terms of the rescheduled agreement, to pay each particular month’s electric consumption together with the amount of GH¢1500. The agreement was tendered as exhibit B found at page 208 of the…

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