THE Energy Commission (EC) has completed the Draft Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure and Battery Swap Systems regulations, which are now awaiting parliamentary approval, the Commission’s Board Chairman, Professor John Gartchie Gatsi, has announced.
Speaking at the opening of a three-day engagement for Board members and technical officers in Ho last Friday, Professor Gatsi said the draft, once approved, would accelerate the deployment of EV infrastructure and provide strong legal backing for the standards, ensuring energy is used efficiently across the country.
He described the engagement as a key milestone in shaping the future of Ghana’s energy sector, as Board members deliberated on the draft regulations for EV charging and battery swap stations for 2025.
Professor Gatsi explained that the Energy Commission derives its mandate from the Energy Commission Act 1997 (Act 541), which charges the Commission with promoting energy efficiency and ensuring the responsible use of electricity, natural gas, and petroleum products.
In line with this mandate, the Commission, in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy, launched the Drive Electric Initiative (DEI), a strategic programme aimed at promoting the productive use of electricity beyond traditional industrial, commercial, and residential applications.
Professor Gatsi emphasised that the Commission was determined to prevent Ghana from becoming a dumping ground for outdated internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles and to usher in an era of green and sustainable technology, contributing to global climate action efforts.
The Deputy Director for Energy Efficiency Regulations, Mr Kennedy Amankwah, said the EC had worked with the Ghana Standards Authority to develop and gazette standards for EV charging stations in 2023. He explained that the draft regulations would ensure international standards, electrical safety at residential, public, and workplace charging stations, and proper regulation of battery swap systems.
Mr Amankwah added that the draft regulations had undergone nationwide stakeholder consultations and were currently under legal review at the Attorney General’s Department, with the first stakeholder engagement held in December 2025. The three-day session in Ho was intended to familiarise Board members with the draft and gather their inputs to refine and strengthen the regulations.
The Coordinator for EV, Ms Joyce Caitlyn Ocansey, said that once approved, EV infrastructure would be rolled out along major highways such as Accra–Kumasi and Kumasi–Tamale, as well as at filling stations across the regions.
FROM SAMUEL AGBEWODE, HO
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