The Electricity Company of Ghana is to publish a load shedding (Dumsor) timetable on Friday, March 31, 2023 due to maintenance works at Atuabo Gas Processing Plant by Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC)
According to the ECG, this load shedding is for a brief period to enable GNGC to perform the necessary maintenance as gas supply for power generation has been affected.
According to the ECG, the outages will last until Friday April 7, 2023 across the country.
Consequently, there will be a generation capacity shortfall amounting to an average of 150 megawatts. This will reduce total power supply for distribution by ECG until Friday 7th April, 2023.
In this regard, there will be minimal interruption in power supply to some ECG customers.
ECG will therefore issue an outage timetable by Friday, 31st March, to inform customers accordingly.
GRIDCo and ECG regret the inconvenience caused – The statement read.
Press Release on the Upcoming Dumsor and Accompanying Load Shedding Timetable
Press release also from the Energy Ministry dubbed the exercise ‘Dum Siesie’ which is translated into English as ‘Shutdown for maintenance’.
The ministry further assured to mitigate the adverse effects the exercise will unleash on Ghanaians by procuring additional gas from Nigeria, Heavy Fuel Oil (HO) and Light Crude Oil (LCO) to augment available domestic gas for power generation.
ministry of energy press release
The Ghana Grid Company Ltd (GRIDCo) in a separate statement revealed that there will be a minimal interruption in power supply to some ECG customers.
gridco and ecg press release
The communique assured the general public of a load shedding timetable by Friday, 31st March, to enable plan accordingly
