Tag: Dumsor
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GRIDCo allays fears of ‘dumsor’ following recent blackouts
The Ghana Grid Company Limited, GRIDCo, says the country has not returned to the days of severe erratic power cuts otherwise known as ‘dumsor’. This comes after several parts of the country have been plunged into darkness several times in the last few weeks. But GRIDCo in attempts to take away the fears of citizens…
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West Africa Gas Pipeline resumes gas supply to Takoradi after temporary shut down
The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited, WAPCo, says it has successfully completed the cleaning and inspection of its 20-inch offshore pipeline from Badagry in Nigeria to Takoradi, Ghana. A release issued by the company in Accra on Thursday, February 27, said the Internal inspection of the 569 km offshore pipeline was completed on Sunday,…
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Friday power outage caused by faulty transmission line — GRIDCo
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has blamed a fault on its Tema-Accra transmission line for the outage experienced in parts of the country yesterday, Friday, January 17, 2020. It said the fault resulted in its generation facilities tripping and subsequently resulting in unstable power supply to customers. GRIDCo said it detected the problem at…
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Article: What next for government as dumsor clock ticks?
In 1984, Ghana was confronted with its first electricity crisis as a result of a severe drought of the lake, very much attributable to climate between 1982 and 1984. It was reported that the total inflow into the dam between 1982 and 1984 was less than 15% of the expected total, and that triggered power…
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PDS cuts power supply over routine maintenance
Power supply to some parts of Accra will be interrupted over the next three days. This follows routine maintenance works by the Power Distribution Services Company (PDS) on some of its supply stations. The exercise which started on Thursday [April 25, 2019] will end on Sunday [April 28, 2019]. On the first day, the areas…
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Increase tariffs if necessary to stop ‘dumsor’ – Toma Imihere
Financial Analyst, Toma Imihere believes an increase in the cost of electricity will help the companies within the power distribution chain generate enough revenue to bring to an end, the continuous erratic power supply saddling the country. He says the move when considered and rolled out will relieve the ordinary citizen from the much dreaded…
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Dumsor: Bawumia laments GRIDCo’s power transmission deficiencies
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has lamented the inability of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) to operate at optimum level in the country. It says the company is struggling with transmission challenges as a result of obsolete distribution equipment. [contextly_sidebar id=”jc5XqNtbzp2yG9Twf5eczQbEeo11blE6″]Explaining the recent power cuts at a town hall meeting on Wednesday, Dr. Bawumia…
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SMEs lost GH¢250m to dumsor – Report
Ghana lost at least 200 million cedis in revenue accruing from the operations of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) due to the impact of the power crisis on such businesses between 2012 and 2015. This is according to a new research conducted by the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) and the International…
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Power to be restored in three hours’ time – GRIDCo
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) is assuring consumers of electricity that power will be restored at least within the next three hours. Power was cut to most parts of the country on Wednesday night and it is yet to be restored in some of the affected areas. But the CEO of GRIDCo, Engineer William Amuna…
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Power supply will stabilise from today – Energy Minister
Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko has assured consumers of stable power supply effective today evening. The assurance follows what he says is the completion of works for the interconnection between the Tweneboa, Enyera, Ntomme (TEN) fields and the Jubilee Field for gas exportation to the Ghana Gas Company. According to the Minister, the intermittent power cuts…