Electricity and water tariffs stay at third-quarter levels from 1 October through 31 December, after the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission held rates unchanged for the fourth quarter of 2026.
PURC’s quarterly review tracks the cedi-dollar exchange rate, inflation, the mix of hydro and thermal electricity generation and the price of fuel used by thermal plants. The 24 September decision, now in force, shows those factors moving in different directions.
The exchange-rate assumption used for the fourth quarter is GH¢11.5646 to the US dollar, 3.04 per cent weaker than the GH¢11.2228 assumption used for the third quarter. Projected average annual inflation also rises to 4.97 per cent from 3.43 per cent.
Those pressures are partly countered by lower assumed gas costs and a larger contribution from hydro generation. PURC reduced the weighted average cost of natural gas used in its calculation to US$7.8379 per million British thermal units, from US$7.9708 in the previous quarter.
The regulator also projects hydro to supply 24.25 per cent of electricity generation in the fourth quarter, up from 20.90 per cent in the third. The thermal share falls to 75.75 per cent from 79.10 per cent.
PURC said the combined effect of the generation mix, exchange rate, inflation and gas price led it not to adjust electricity tariffs. Its published tables show no change for the listed residential, non-residential, special-load and electric-vehicle charging categories.
Water tariffs are also unchanged across the customer classes in the decision, including residential, commercial, industrial, public-institution and sachet-water users.
The fourth-quarter rates remain in force through 31 December unless a separate regulatory decision changes them.