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The Ghana Grid Company Limited, (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana, (ECG) have announced a possible load management for three weeks. In a joint statement issued on Thursday, June 13, ECG and GRIDCo clarified that the load management is necessary “due to maintenance works being undertaken by a gas …

Residents of Akwatia Township and the surrounding areas in the Eastern Region have been without power for an extended period due to a fault, as announced by the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo). GRDICo reports that there was a fire incident at the Akwatia substation on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at …

Former Director of Public Relations and External Affairs at the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Nana Yaa Jantuah has said that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) erratic power supply )Dumsor that happened under the Mahama administration as a political tool to come into the office. Now, she said, the …

Due to the sporadic power outages that are now occurring in the country, Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei Mensah has vowed to convene a protest against the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Mr. Simon Osei Mensah claims that the rationale for his decision to …

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 …

The Ghana Grid Company Ltd (GRIDCO) says a shortage of gas supply from the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant (GPP) and the West African Gas Pipeline (WAPCo) has created a supply gap of 650MW at peak time in the country thus causing power outage in several areas. GRIDCo in a statement …

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 Limited(GRIDCo) is warning of a possible load management across the country after a communication mast collapsed and fell on its 330kV Aboadze -Kumasi transmission line.   A statement issued by the power transmitter on Wednesday (10 November ) said the development has affected the national power …

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has said the power outage experienced in parts of Accra, Western, the middle and Northern parts of the country on Monday was as a result of disturbance in its power system.   A statement issued by GRIDCo on Tuesday (9 November) said power has …