Dumsor: ECG Announces Areas to Suffer 8-Hour Maintenance Power Cuts From September 10

• The Electricity Company of Ghana has scheduled maintenance work affecting parts of Ghana from the week starting September 7
• The power distributor published a notice on September 3, confirming the planned outages expected to affect large parts of the region
• The power distributor said the power cuts would enable engineers to work on the faults to improve service delivery

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced planned maintenance works across the country that will result in temporary power interruptions in operational areas from September 7.

The power distributor issued a notice on September 5 indicating the planned maintenance.

In a Facebook notice, the power distributor said power will generally be out from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

The power distributor said the power cuts would enable engineers to work on a fault to improve service delivery.

The operational areas affected include the Accra East, Tema and Eastern regions.

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Some of the areas to be affected include Mamobi, Tebibiano, Dodowa and Trassaco, among others.

The breakd down affected areas is below.

Minister shares root cause of recent dumsor

Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor has identified a makeshift technical arrangement at the Akosombo power plant as the root cause of the intermittent blackouts hitting homes and businesses across Ghana.

He explained that the temporary control system was installed at Akosombo after a fire and explosion at the GRIDCo substation there in April made a bypass arrangement the only way to avoid a complete six-month shutdown of the facility.

ECG announces 8-hour dumsor in Ashanti Region

In a related development, YEN.com.gh reported that ECG had scheduled maintenance work affecting parts of the Ashanti Region on September 6.

The power distributor published a notice on September 3, confirming the planned outages.

ECG said the power cuts would enable its engineers to work on a fault and improve service delivery.

Source: YEN.com.gh