GRIDCo and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have in a joint statement denied that there is going to be power outage, also known as dumsor, in Accra as reported by some media portals.
“Our attention has been drawn to press reports with headlines such as ‘Dumsor To Hit Accra For 84 Days’ in reference to a public statement issued by GRIDCo, which announced the commencement of the reconstruction of transmission lines from Achimota to Mallam substations,” the statement pointed out.
Although reconstruction work on transmission lines has commenced since Saturday, April 9, 2022, the two companies have assured that it will not affect power supply. “For the information of the public, Phase 1 of the reconstruction exercise of the transmission line from Mallam Substation to Avenor was undertaken and successfully completed in November 2021 without any significant disturbance to power delivery in Accra and its environs. Phase 2 of the exercise from Achimota Substation to Avernor will similarly not disrupt power delivery in Accra,” it added.
As part of measures to improve power delivery in Accra and its environs, GRIDCo and ECG have commissioned the Pokuase and Kasoa Substations, the statement pointed out, adding that “the bulk supply points of Kasoa, Mallam, Accra Central, Pokuase and Achimota Substations have enough transformer capacities to meet the desired demand without any load curtailment or load shedding.”