The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) intends to introduce a new schedule of load-shedding timetable to enable consumers plan their activities to efficiently use power.
This follows the shortfalls that have been experienced in energy generation and distribution of late.
[contextly_sidebar id=”kNQyCZjF6MLCA7wHpFJXIXq63IkMIjWP”]Under the proposed arrangement, the ECG will shut down power supply to specific areas for 24 hours, while other areas will have power for 24 hours.
However, officials of the ECG said the new load-shedding timetable would be implemented only if the current situation continued.
A crisis meeting of stakeholders was held Thursday to review the power supply situation in order for the management of the sector to firm up its decision to implement the proposed timetable regime.
The Public Relations Officer of the ECG, Mr William Boateng, told the Daily Graphic that the country was currently dealing with a power generation shortfall of between 550 and 600 megawatts.
“We have a revised timetable where customers will go off for 24 hours and come on for 24 hours so that we can stick to that timetable. We will meet with our suppliers and they will give us an outlook. We think that if what we are going through now is transient we don’t need to go revise and we”ll talk to our regulator and the Minister of Energy.”
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Source: Graphic Online