Dumsor: ECG Announces Areas To Face 8-Hour Maintenance Power Cuts From September 21

• The Electricity Company of Ghana has scheduled maintenance work affecting different parts of the country from the week starting September 21
• The power distributor published notices on September 19 and 20, confirming the planned outages
• 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 work across the country that will cause temporary power interruptions in operational areas from September 21.

The power distributor issued notices on September 19 and 20 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 affected operational area includes the Accra East Region, Ashanti Region, Tema Region and Central Region.

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Minister speaks on cause of recent dumsor

Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor earlier 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.

The Ministry of Energy had announced an 18-month intervention scheme to address the power cuts, costing at least GH¢4 billion.

As part of this effort, 11 power station transformers will be installed across the Greater Accra Region, while an additional 30 are expected to be deployed during the same period.

The second phase of the intervention programme, expected to run for three to six months, was said to involve replacing about 2,000 deteriorated poles across Ghana.

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The final phase, which accounts for about GH¢2 billion of the total budget, will address major backbone infrastructure, including 33-kilovolt feeders and regional system upgrades, to be completed within 18 months.

ECG explains Central Region dumsor

YEN.com.gh reported that ECG explained the cause of a widespread power outage affecting several communities in the Central Region.

The disruption occurred after an underground cable at the Cape Coast Bulk Supply Point (BSP) was damaged.

ECG’s Central Region branch issued an official notice on Friday, September 11, 2026, informing affected customers about the cause of the power outage.

Proofreading by Samuel Gitonga, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh