19 Laws Enacted To Regulate Electrical Appliances, Renewable Energy Products
The Parliament of Ghana has enacted 19 new laws to regulate the markets for electrical appliances and renewable energy products.
The enactments affect clothe washing machines, rice cookers, industrial fans, computers, set-top boxes, ventilating fans, solar panels, microwave ovens, storage water heaters, renewable energy batteries.
It also affects public lighting, television sets, Improved Biomass Cookstoves, electric kettles, electric motors, air conditioners, Distribution Transformers, comfort fans and inverters.
The regulations were passed in November 2022 and will be enforced after one year, the Energy Commission said in a statement posted by the Ghana Shippers Authority.
The Commission said it caused Parliament to pass this into law under its mandate under Act 541.
Importers have been urged to take notice of the development and act accordingly.
“To ensure effective implementation of the Regulations and protect the livelihoods of persons in the electrical appliances and the renewable energy products markets, the Regulations provide for a transitional period of one year for the market to adjust.”
Significance
Per the statement, the laws will prevent Ghana from becoming a desirable destination for new but substandard and used appliances; save the economy by reducing electricity demand which necessitates additional generation capacity with its associated fuel cost.
They will also protect the environment and safeguard the health of citizens from air pollution caused by increased power generation; and protect the consumer from purchasing unsuitable appliances and the payment of unnecessarily high electricity bills.
Laws
The Legislative Instruments include:
LI 2443 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Clothes Washing Machines) Regulations, 2022.
LI 2444 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Industrial Fans) Regulations, 2022
LI 2445 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Rice Cookers) Regulations, 2022
LI 2446 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Computers) Regulations, 2022
LI 2447 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Set-Top Boxes) Regulations, 2022
LI 2448 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Ventilating Fans) Regulations, 2022
LI 2449 Renewable Energy (Standards and Labelling)(Solar Panels) Regulations, 2022
LI 2450 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Microwave Ovens) Regulations, 2022
LI 2451 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Storage Water Heaters) Regulations, 2022
LI 2452 Renewable Energy (Standards and Labelling) (Renewable Energy Batteries) Regulations, 2022
LI 2453 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Public Lighting) Regulations, 2022
LI 2454 Renewable Energy (Standards and Labelling) (Improved Biomass Cookstoves) Regulations, 2022
LI 2455 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Television Sets) Regulations, 2022
LI 2456 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Electric Motors) Regulations, 2022
LI 2457 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Electric Kettles) Regulations, 2022
LI 2458 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Air conditioners) Regulations, 2022
LI 2459 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Distribution Transformers) Regulations, 2022
LI 2460 Energy Commission (Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling) (Comfort Fans) Regulations, 2022
LI 2461 Renewable Energy (Standards and Labelling) (Inverters) Regulations, 2022
Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini
