Tag Archives: Dumsor

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 …

Some parts of Accra are expected to experience power outages from today, October 5 to December 5, 2021. The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) says this has become necessary to enable them to execute “planned works” within the Achimota – Mallam corridors for the decommissioning and replacement of existing lines …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has announced a 22-day power outages in parts of Accra effective Monday, June 28, 2021. The outages, according to the power distributor, is to allow the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo complete the last phase of repair works on some bulk supply points and transmission …

The eight-day power outage is expected to kick off 10 May to enable the power distributor undertake construction works at the Pokuase Bulk Supply Point The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Ghana Grid Company Ltd (GRIDCo) on Tuesday (20 April) released a schedule for power cuts in parts of …

Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) boss Jonathan Amoako-Baah says it will be impossible for Ghana to return to “dumsor” Jonathan Amoako-Baah, chief executive of Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) is assuring Ghanaians that the era of erratic power outages, locally known as ‘dumsor’, is over, despite last week’s nationwide system …