The Ghana Grid Company Ltd (GRIDCO) and The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have announced of power outages in the early weeks of April pending some ongoing maintenance by the GNGC.
The Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) is undertaking the maintenance exercise at its Gas Processing Plant (GPP) at Atuabo.
According to the two Companies, the works will reduce the power supply by 150 megawatts which they say will affect distribution to their customers.
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This they say will result in power interruptions and are yet to release a timetable to that effect.
Read below the full release
The Ghana Grid Company Ltd (GRIDCO) and The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) wish to inform the public that due to the maintenance works being carried out by the Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) at the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant (GPP), gas supply for power generation has been affected.
Consequently, there will be approximately 150 megawatts of power generation shortfall.
This will reduce total power supply for distribution by ECG until Friday 7th April, 2023.
In this regard, there will be minimal interruption in power supply to some ECG customers.
ECG will therefore issue an outage timetable by Friday, 31st March, to inform customers accordingly.
GRIDCO and ECG regret the inconvenience caused.
Source: Onuaonline.com|Ghana
