GRIDCo, Volta River Authority (VRA) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) are collaborating to help rectify the power challenges in the Ashanti Region
The power companies also rendered an apology to the people of the Region for the intermittent power cuts reported to have caused damages to many home appliances.
Managing Director of ECG, Kwame Agyeman Budu addressed journalists in Kumasi on Friday 3rd December, 2021 and pledged the damaged tower would be erected to begin operating by December 20, 2021.
Giving a detailed account of the power challenge, Ing Vincent Boachie, GRIDCo’s Director for Northern Network Services said power supply to the Ashanti Region was stable until the tower collapsed.
He said, “On November 9, 2021, a communication tower collapsed and fell on the 330kv Aboadze-Kumasi transmission line at Bogoso. Three transmission towers collapsed in the process and were extensively damaged, requiring either repair or complete replacement.”
“As a result, most of the electricity supply to Kumasi has since been coming from the Akosombo Generating Station and the power generation enclave in Tema. During peak periods, the available transmission network cannot carry enough power to the country’s middle and northern parts, including Kumasi.”
Kumasi and its environs, Ing Vincent Boachie indicated, normally consume 340 megawatts at peak times, adding “there is the need to manage power supply to Kumasi and its environs to avoid a total transmission system failure.”
He assured that a team of experts have since been dispatched to the accident scene and are working assiduously to erect the damaged towers and restore service to normalize the power situation in Kumasi by December 20, 2021.
The press conference exonerates Ghana Gas Company whose workers have expressed anger at the blame pushed on them by The Sector Minster Dr. Mattew Opoku Prempeh.
Ghana Gas has been back to full operations for almost three weeks after the planned shutdown for maintenance and to work on a leak.
Ghana Gas has by then, repaired the leak and the company was back in operation contrary to the Energy Minister’s claim on Ekosesen & Peace FM Kokrokoo that Ghana Gas was not operating hence the reason behind power outages in Ashanti.
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