The Ghana Grid Company Ltd (GRIDCo), the operator of the National Interconnected Transmission System (NITS), has announced that parts of the country will experience power challenges during peak times.
In a statement on Thursday, October 26, GRIDCo explained that this is due to limited gas supply to Tema, causing a supply gap of 550MW at peak time.
“This will affect power supply to consumers in some parts of the country. The inconvenience caused is deeply regretted,” the statement said.
A section of the public prior to the statement by GRIDCo had raised concerns on various social media platforms over the intermittent power outages being experienced.
GRIDCo, however, failed to indicate when power will be fully restored or how long the power challenges will last.
Read the full statement from GRIDCo below
POWER SUPPLY CHALLENGE
The Ghana Grid Company Ltd, (GRIDCo), the “Operator” of the National Interconnected Transmission System (NITS) informs the general public that due to limited gas supply to Tema, there will be a supply gap of 550MW at peak time.
This will affect power supply to consumers in some parts of the country.
The inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.
ISSUED BY:
Corporate Communications Section
Ghana Grid Company LTD. (GRIDCo)
Note to Editors:
Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) was incorporated in December 2006 to carry out the economic
dispatching and transmission of electricity from facilities of wholesale suppliers (Independent Power Producers
[IPPs]) to bulk customers and distribution utilities in Ghana and West Africa. The Company became operational
on August 1, 2008, following the transfer of the Transmission System Department and its core staff from VRA to
GRIDCo. It operates the National Interconnected Transmission System (NITS). GRIDCo currently transmits
electricity to thirty-one (31) Bulk Customers and Distribution Utilities from eleven (11) Wholesale Suppliers,
including the Volta River Authority (VRA).