Imported electrical appliances that do not satisfy the minimum energy efficiency performance standards will be prohibited starting on November 1, 2023.
The Energy Commission's Standards and Labeling Regulations provide the standards.
The action is in accordance with the new legislation designed to stop the nation from turning into a landfill for 20 electrical appliances, including household, commercial, and industrial models.
These were revealed yesterday in Accra during a stakeholders meeting for importers of new electrical equipment hosted by the Energy Commission.
Electric cooktops, televisions, refrigerators, air conditioners, lightbulbs, electric kettles, solar panels, computers, and set-top boxes are among the impacted equipment. (television decoders).
In addition, there are industrial fans, storage water heaters, public illumination, better biomass, and electric ventilating fans.
Context
In the past, the commission had been enforcing a mandatory appliance standards and labeling regime under which importers and retailers of room air conditioners, compact fluorescent lamps (CFL), and refrigerators were required to import and sell only products that met minimum efficiency and performance standards approved by the Ghana Standards Authority.
The Energy Commission did, however, get permission for 19 new rules on the importation and production of electrical goods and renewable energy products in the nation in November last year.
Importers and merchants have been allowed a year of grace after the rules' adoption to switch over to trading in goods that adhere to the minimum energy-efficient performance criteria.
Participants' gathering
Kofi Agyarko, the commission's director for renewable energy and energy efficiency, announced that the regulations' enforcement will start on November 2 of this year, one day after they become operative on November 1, 2023.
He said that the laws will safeguard the environment and preserve residents' health from air pollution brought on by increasing power generation, in addition to assisting in energy conservation and the economy's growing electricity consumption.
Mr. Agyarko stated that prior to the adoption of further requirements, Ghana was the only nation in sub-Saharan Africa with standards. Now, however, Ghana is among the top nations in Africa with regard to appliance standards and labeling laws.
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