The Ghana Grid Company Limited’s (GRIDCo) Public Relations Officer, Albert Quainoo, told Citi News his outfit was working to restore the power, and that has since been done.

[contextly_sidebar id=”LyfvJcBsUWXJn04TIhnuL28fjCdZUFEV”]”It was a sudden loss of generation from the East; Akosombo and Kpong, and we are trying to ascertain what led to that. But our immediate priority is to restore load to consumers and we have already started doing that. We are working around the clock to make sure that we do this to all consumers within the shortest possible time,” he explained.

Mr. Quainoo at the time could only confirm the outage in parts of Greater Accra and Northern Regions.

As at 11:30 am on Tuesday, Ghana was generating 364 megawatts of power, per Citi News’ checks.

This figure improved to around 543 megawatts by 12 noon.

At its peak consumption, Ghana needs about 2,200 megawatts, which is generally matched by the country’s available peak generation which stands at 2,400.

Blackouts in January

A disturbance in GRIDCo’s transmission network led to power outages that hit parts of the country on January 29.

GRIDCo clarified that the blackout was caused by an interference in their transmission network after many affected Ghanaians complained to Citi News about the issue.

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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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He indicated that there was adequate surveillance of the river to protect it from the activities of Galamseyers “so the public should not worry at all.”

[contextly_sidebar id=”8TaI4NoFP1f8kGxOgdTQai3Uk4BV3oHY”]The Director was speaking to the media on Thursday, when the Volta River Authority (VRA) organised a media  visit at the Kpone Thermal Power Station and the Akosombo Hydro Generating Station.

The event was aimed at updating the media and the general public on the projects VRA was undertaking to ensure sustainable and reliable power supply in the country.

Mr Mensah said: “We monitor all the banks of the river up to the North and periodically, we go round to inspect the banks. When we find that any activity is drawing closer to our banks, we immediately stop the perpetrator.”

He said the VRA had also warned all chiefs to stay off the banks by 50 metres distance cautioning that, anyone who would flout the directive would certainly be dealt with.

He explained that the 50-metre land space had been bought by the Authority saying, “therefore any attempt to sell it is a gross violation of the law and we will drag you to court to face the necessary sanctions.”

Mr Mensah said periodically, the Authorities of the Station met with the chiefs to discuss all security issues regarding the river and presented a report on their operations to them “and if they have issues, we address them.”

The Akosombo Hydro Generating Station, Mr Mensah said, had undergone significant maintenance including retooling and replacement of weak equipment with modern ones to boost its capacity.

In 1989, the Akosombo Generation Station Retrofit Project was implemented and completed in 2006 which resulted in a significant increment in its capacity by 108MW, from 912MW to 1020MW.

He called on the public to maintain confidence in the VRA as the Authority was working assiduously to ensure that the country had sustainable and reliable power supply.

The GNA found out that work was in progress to increase capacity at the two stations.

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Source: GNA

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