From September this year, residents of Accra and other selected parts of the country do not have to own a cylinder to use gas.
Gas users only have to pick up filled-up cylinders and pay for the content, the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) after registering with their National Identity Card.
This is due to the implementation of the Cylinder Recirculation Model (CRM) being championed by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and its partners, under the supervision of the Ministry of Energy.
Roll-out will begin in September in Accra and Kumasi and will gradually spread across the country.
Why CRM?
The implementation of the CRM is to ensure that at least 50% of Ghanaians have access to safe, clean and environmentally friendly LPG by 2030.
It is also meant to improve access to LPG, improve safety in the distribution of LPG and to increase adoption of LPG.
Additionally, it is a policy shift to stop the unnecessary loss of lives and properties as well as gas filling stations, mostly due to human error.
At a press briefing on Thursday, August 3, Deputy Director of the NPA, Mr. Perry Okudzeto explained that the model had been well piloted, the system streamlined, the infrastructure now in place to ensure the safe delivery and use of LPG across the operational areas.
How the policy works
Per the policy, cylinders procured from manufacturing companies would be sent to Bottling Plants to be filled. The filled cylinders will be transported in bulk to exchange to depots for holding and sorting before transporting them in quantities to cylinder exchange points where consumers can register and pay for any quantity for domestic and commercial consumption.
Specialised trucks will be used to transport the filled cylinders from the bottling plants to the retail stations or exchange points, where consumers will exchange their empty cylinders for filled ones.
