Power outages

The Energy Ministry Is Making It Difficult For Communicators To Defend The Ongoing Power Outages- Kafui Amegah
25 Apr

The Energy Ministry Is Making It Difficult For Communicators To Defend The Ongoing Power Outages- Kafui Amegah

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A member of the NPP communications team, Kafui Amegah has blamed the energy minister, for making communication on the ongoing power outage difficult for communicators. According to him, the energy minister is not providing them with any briefing and thus, making their communication a difficult task. "Businesses are being affected by the dumsor and yet, we are not able to communicate or tell Ghanaians what exactly the problem is.  People are forced to purchase plants, which they have not budgeted for because they would want to keep their businesses still running, even after buying the plant, prices of fuel is…
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People Are Deliberately Shifting Burden For Power Outages – Ben Boakye
30 Mar

People Are Deliberately Shifting Burden For Power Outages – Ben Boakye

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The Executive Director of the Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP), Ben Boakye says it is quite intriguing that people are deliberately shifting burden for the current power outages being experienced in the country. According to him, the power companies are aware of the generation shortfall, yet everyone in the power sector seems to be evading this reality. “Nobody wants to communicate that we have a generation shortfall which is accounting for the load being shed.” Speaking on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday, March 30, Mr. Boakye stated that consumers hold contracts with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), not with…
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ECG Warns Of More Power Outages During 7Pm To 11Pm
12 Mar

ECG Warns Of More Power Outages During 7Pm To 11Pm

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cautioned the general public to expect more power outages during peak hours (7pm to 11pm). In a social media post, ECG explained that so far, 630 distribution transformers within communities across its operational areas have been identified to be full to capacity due to increased power demand. That, it said, may result in blown fuses and broken conductors causing outages, especially during the peak load period (7pm - 11pm) in the affected areas. “However, we wish to assure our customers that transformer upgrading, and new projects are on-going to relieve these transformers to…
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