The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Mines and Energy is committed to improving the national energy infrastructure and market in Ghana. This report presents the results of a survey and analysis of household energy use and appliance ownership in Ghana. This work, with the collaboration and support of the Government of Ghana, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USAID, the Alliance to Save Energy, and the Energy Foundation of Ghan% is expected to support legislation requiring minimum energy performance standards for home appliances. Refilgerators, room air conditioners, and lighting, which together account for the bulk of residential energy use, are the initial targets for regulation. The time is now for Ghana to act and take a leadership role in promoting energy efficiency in the region. With so many reforms taking place in the energy sector, appliance energy performance standards can only enhance the ability of the Ghanaian economy to move ahead in the next decades. Preliminary findings indicate that implementing a European-type minimum energy pefiormance standard for refrigerators could result in savings up to @07 billion by 2010 (US$50 million) for consumers, and reduce carbon emissions over the same period by 230,000 tonnes. A 10% savings in energy consumption for room air conditioners could save residential consumers nearly #18 billion (US$8 million) and reduce carbon emissions by 38,000 tonnes. For lighting, saving 10°/0 of the residential load through policy and regulation would translate into @13.8 billion (US$6 million) in consumer savings and that is only counting urban customers. The carbon reductions would amount to 24,000 tonnes. More study is recommended.
DSM and Energy Management. ECF is also beginning to set up provincial offices in seven provinces. Each province will have one technical officer in charge, a technical assistant, and three support staff. Notes from the meeting with the ECF Chairman can be found in the Appendix A. Department of Internal Trade Under the Consumer Protection Act, No. 1 of 1979, DTI has the following mandates related to product performance and labeling: • "The Commissioner may, for the protection of the consumer, issue general directions to manufacturers or traders in respect of labeling,…" • "The Commissioner may inquire into complaints regarding the manufacture or sale of any article which does not conform to the standards and specifications … [including those] prescribed by the Bureau of Ceylon Standards." • The Commissioner also has authority to inspect, search, and issue fines. DIT has 24 districts, with different officers in each district. The DIT staffing quota is a total of 280 officers, but only 190 are active at present. In order to issue a labeling direction, DIT could hire more staff, and all DIT staff would need to be trained.
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