The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a 22-day load shedding. Ghanaians were quite despondent with the first phase which occurred in May in some parts of Accra.
The company released an official timetable to begin the exercise which will begin on Monday 28th June and run on till July 19th.
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ECG announced that they will embark on commencing the last phase of the ongoing repairs by GRIDCO. The Ghana Rid Company(GRIDCO) announced it will be fixing a bulky supply and transmission on cables in Accra. This power rationing will continue for 22 days and 71 communities in Accra would be affected till it ends in July.
These communities have been classified into 6 groups and each will experience power outages from 6 pm to 12 am once a week in the 22-day run. This last phase of repairs will see an improvement in the Volta-Achimota-Mallam transmission lines.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, the Managing Director of ECG, Mr Kwame Agyeman-Budu, appealed to the public to bear with the company as they work to ensure an improved service to Ghanaians.
“We have plans to start outages so that GRIDCo can continue the upgrading… We want to notify the public that there is going to be some outages starting each day 6 pm to 12midnight, and we’ll do our best to minimize the outages, but we want them to be informed that they should expect some outages within that period.”
“We’ve spoken to GRIDCO to speed up the work. In all, we are taking 22 days to complete the lines, so hopefully by the end of the 22nd day,” he said.
