Parliament’s Select Committee on Mines and Energy has issued a directive to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to publish a timetable for the ongoing load-shedding otherwise known as ‘dumsor‘.
The Committee says the timetable will help citizens to plan their lives amidst the ongoing power crisis.
The directive comes months after intensified intermittent power outages, prompting calls for a timetable to help people plan their activities.
When Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, was questioned about the calls for a load-shedding schedule, he angrily told Ghanaians calling for a timetable to provide some for themselves.
But the Mines and Energy Committee, after the ECG admitted at a stakeholders meeting Sunday, April 07, 2024, that it is facing challenges due to the power distribution, has intervened in the matter, demanding the Company to provide a timetable for load management.
Samuel Atta Akyea, Chairman of the Energy Committee of Parliament, highlighted the need for transparency and better planning, stating that the committee will monitor the implementation of the timetable closely.
“The conversations we’ve had so far are very good, some of the technical challenges relating to fuel and the rest of it may be tackled. If there’s under generation, which there’s an admission there’s one, we should do everything in our power to make sure that we generate enough power.
“I think the Committee was very strong on the matter that if there are power outages, those who are enjoying should know when it’ll be available, and then they plan their lives around the timetable they’ll furnish them.
“They are going to do it and we’ll do everything in our power to monitor them,” Mr. Atta Akyea indicated.
