{"id":327840,"date":"2017-06-12T21:43:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T21:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=327840"},"modified":"2017-06-12T21:43:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T21:43:26","slug":"gridco-faults-result-in-mass-blackouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/gridco-faults-result-in-mass-blackouts\/","title":{"rendered":"GRIDCo faults result in mass blackouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Technical challenges confronting the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) resulted in widespread blackouts in GRIDCo-served regions on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>An announcement\u00a0from the Electricity Company of Ghana confirmed the challenges and noted that GRIDCo engineers were working to restore power.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-327841 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/33407507-c130-4076-9a50-8a3fc588abff.jpg\" alt=\"33407507-c130-4076-9a50-8a3fc588abff\" width=\"630\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the power in some areas of the various affected regions returned after a while.<\/p>\n<p>On May 3,\u00a0Ghana witnessed a nationwide blackout as a result of a\u00a0surge of power leading to the loss of a number of GRIDCo generators across the country and the subsequent loss of power.<\/p>\n<p>It took over 12 hours to fully restore power at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technical challenges confronting the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) resulted in widespread blackouts in GRIDCo-served regions on Monday evening. 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