{"id":18782,"date":"2014-05-15T13:11:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T13:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=18782"},"modified":"2014-05-15T19:45:32","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T19:45:32","slug":"gridco-unsure-when-power-will-be-restored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/gridco-unsure-when-power-will-be-restored\/","title":{"rendered":"GRIDCo unsure of power restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some parts of Accra are likely to remain in darkness for a while longer as the capital is left with just 54 megawatts of power out of the required 240 megawatts to sustain the entire region.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in most parts of Accra have been left in darkness for over twelve hours following an explosion at the Achimota sub-station on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The outage affected Tema and parts of the Akuapim range.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News,<\/strong>\u00a0the Head of Public Relations at the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), Albert Quainoo explained that the Mallam sub-station usually produces about 180 megawatts \u201cbut we are supplying only 33 megawatts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that there is currently no supply from the Adjiriganor sub-station because \u201cwe don\u2019t have all our lines to evacuate the power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Quainoo gave the assurance his outfit is working around the clock to rectify the problem.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201conce we work to restore the affected lines into service, we will be in the position to meet the demand for Accra.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was however unable to give a definite timeline for which work on the Achimota sub-station will be completed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some parts of Accra are likely to remain in darkness for a while longer as the capital is left with just 54 megawatts of power out of the required 240 megawatts to sustain the entire region. 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