The Chief Executive of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), William Amuna, has said the company will commence the upgrading of its service lines and towers from its Tema plant to central Accra later in July 2017. This, he said was part of plans to increase the capacity of its supplies, and also ensure power reliability … Read more
Power distributor, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has blamed Monday evening’s blackout that hit parts of the country on technical challenges at the national grid. In a short announcement on its Facebook page, the power distributor said the Ghana Grid Company Limited )GRIDCo) was, however, working to restore the power. No further details were … Read more
File photo: GRIDCo says power has been restored to all electricity bulk supply points. The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has commenced investigations into the cause of Wednesday night’s nationwide power outage. The entire country was plunged into darkness Wednesday, May 3 around 9:30 pm. Though some areas had their power back hours after the … Read more
A South African court on Wednesday halted the government’s accords with several countries to develop new nuclear power stations, a victory for NGOs and other critics of the plan. The High Court in Cape Town ruled that the administration had failed to allow adequate public consultation for preliminary agreements with Russia, South Korea and the … Read more
African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) says Ghanaians should seriously consider solar power as an alternative source of energy in the wake of a protracted energy crisis. ACEP Deputy Director Ben Boakye told Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Tuesday, an important barrier to solar power, which is cost, has reduced significantly enough for consumers to … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi-Boasiako popularly called ‘Chairman Wontumi’ has accused officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) of trying to sabotage the government with its continuous power cuts in the region. According to him, the ECG is attempting to make the government look bad in … Read more
Energy think tank, Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) wants the government to admit that there is a significant shortfall in power supply and publish a timetable for load shedding that already ongoing. Deputy Executive Director of ACEP, Ben Boakye, thinks there is an urgent need for a load shedding timetable to guide Ghanaians. “There … Read more
The energy crisis which led to loss of lives, shut down of businesses and layoffs for at least four years under the John Mahama administration was never solved. It was put on steroids in the last quarter of 2016 to give a semblance of a crisis that has been solved, Vice President of the IMANI … Read more
Policy Director at the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Dr. Ishmael Ackah, has charged the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to come out with a comprehensive timetable for what he describes as an ‘ongoing load shedding programme’ in the country. According to Dr. Ackah, the ECG is currently shedding between 170 and 240 Megawatts … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged the Minister nominee for the Energy Ministry, Boakye Agyarko, to work to avert dumsor permanently. According to the President, Mr. Ayarko’s major challenge upon approval by Parliament, would be to prevent a power crisis. “What he has to do is to assure the Ghanaian people that dumsor is going to … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged the Minister nominee for the Energy Ministry, Boakye Agyarko, to work to avert dumsor permanently. According to the President, Mr. Ayarko’s major challenge upon approval by Parliament, would be to prevent a power crisis. “What he has to do is to assure the Ghanaian people that dumsor is going to … Read more
President John Mahama has disclosed that the power situation in Ghana has stabilised to the point that the country is now heading towards the generation of excess power. According to him, Ghana through effective measures, has managed to fix the energy crises – popularly called Dumsor – that bedeviled the country from August 2012. The … Read more
Last December, my family gathered at my grandmother’s house for the one-year anniversary of her death. Her house in Akim Oda, a small town in southern Ghana, was filled with well-wishers. I walked into the kitchen to fetch drinks for the guests, and as I opened the fridge, the lights flickered out. “Oooh, light off!” … Read more
Power supply is scheduled to be managed in February and March, 2017, according to a letter intercepted by 3news.com. The letter was written by the Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Kirk Koffi, to his counterpart at the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), advising “our Plant Managers to manage the power system during … Read more
Power supply is scheduled to be managed in February and March, 2017, according to a letter intercepted by 3news.com. The letter was written by the Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Kirk Koffi, to his counterpart at the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), advising “our Plant Managers to manage the power system during … Read more
Oil and Gas Analyst, Kwame Jantuah has impressed on both the governing NDC and incoming NPP government to work to avert any load shedding regime early next year. He argues that the impact of another round of load shedding will be disastrous for businesses. Kwame Jantuah’s comments follow concerns by some industry players of a … Read more
Oil and Gas Analyst, Kwame Jantuah has impressed on both the governing NDC and incoming NPP government to work to avert any load shedding regime early next year. He argues that the impact of another round of load shedding will be disastrous for businesses. Kwame Jantuah’s comments follow concerns by some industry players of a … Read more
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has clarified that the cut in power supply to the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on Wednesday, is not an indication of load shedding by the company. ECG has rather attributed the development to a cable fault at the Independence Square which affected power transmission to distribution areas including … Read more
The power crisis which hit the country over the past four years is likely to resurface in 2017 if government does not spend prudently in this year’s electioneering season. Pressure Group, Save ECG Now, made this known in a press statement. “Dumsor is likely to come back massively after the elections if we don’t act … Read more
The Electricity Company of Ghana(ECG) has attributed recent power cuts in some parts of the country to maintenance works it is undertaking to boost power supply. Some Ghanaians have recently complained of intermittent power cuts, blaming the situation on load shedding. But speaking to Citi Business News after a tour of some of the project … Read more