Tag Archives: Dumsor

There was drama in Parliament on Monday, December 18, as the Chamber was plunged into darkness when power to the House was briefly interrupted. While suggesting ways to ensure that reports are prepared and submitted to the House on time, the Majority Chief Whip in Parliament, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, was greeted …

Workers of the Ghana Grid Company, GRIDCo are threatening there will be a return of ‘dumsor’ this Christmas if the financial status of the company is not improved with immediate effect, blaming Ghana’s distribution company, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for the difficulties the company is facing. According to …

There will be an interruption of power supply to some parts of the country beginning April 1 and will last for 14 days. This is due to the Ghana Gas Company shutting down its Atuabo processing plant for thorough maintenance works. The shutdown will affect the gas supply to some …

The current situation of power outage in the Nkwanta North District of the Oti Region in the last six (6) months goes beyond ‘Dumsor’ living most residents in the District capital (Kpassa) uncomfortable. Power has not been stable for three days in the last six months but yet authorities described …

The former President of Ghana, Mr. John Dramani Mahama said he accepted responsibility for the power crisis during his tenure and fixed it. Mr Mahama speaking in an interview on Ugandan-based NBS television attributed the crisis to the Akosombo dam. “We had the Akosombo Dam. We thought Akosombo will last …

The Minister for Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has disclosed the reasons behind the recent power outages, experienced in parts of the country. According to him, this is a result of some unfavorable load imbalance in the systems used in the delivery of power. Some parts of the country have …

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has denied media reports that it has scheduled 84 days of power outages to complete some maintenance works on its transmission lines in Accra.     It said while it is indeed carrying out some works on its transmission lines from Achimota to Mallam substations, …

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has announced that parts of Accra will experience power outages due to the reconstruction of power transmission lines along the Achimota substation through Avenor to Mallam substation.   The work involves removing two 161Kv transmission lines on Saturday, April 9, 2022 to Thursday, June 30, …

Joy Sports journalist, George Addo Jnr., has confirmed that a training session by the Black Stars of Ghana on Monday evening in Nigeria, was interrupted by five brief power cuts.     According to him , the intermittent disruptions in power supply brought the training session of the senior national …

Engineers at Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) say a damaged central transmission line is the cause of the recent power outages in Greater Kumasi. Two of the central transmission lines have been damaged by a communications tower in the northern district of the GRIDCO set-up.   The situation has compelled …