The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has released a list of areas set to suffer outages across some parts of the Volta Region and Accra.

The national power supply company, in a power outage notice dated Tuesday, April 28, indicated that areas listed in the notice will have their power supply curtailed for 6 hours

Residents of Pentecost University, Mallam Junction, New Fadama, and others will be without power for 6 hours tomorrow, Wednesday, April 29.

And today, all underlisted areas, including Mile 7, New Achimota, Nyamekye and Mile 11, will be without power for 6 hours.

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ECG explained that these outages are a result of the recent fire outbreak that occurred at the Akosombo substation, which has led to reduced power supply to parts of the country. However, they assured that efforts are currently underway to ensure that normalcy returns as soon as possible.

It further went on to apologise to the public for any inconvinience.

The outages began after a fire outbreak at the Akosombo GRIDCO substation on April 23, around 2 pm, which blocked about 1,000 megawatts of power.

Speaking on the situation on the Channel One Newsroom on Sunday, April 26, ECG’s General Manager for External Relations, Dr Charles Nii Ayiku Ayiku, was sorry for the inconvenience caused, describing the incident as unexpected and significant.

“I sincerely apologise for the inconvenience our cherished customers are facing. The incident wasn’t expected. It was a major incident which has rendered the entire control room affected and down, and we sincerely apologise to our customers.

“After Akosombo, the fact is that it blocked about 1000 megawatts, but I am sure you also understand that even after losing 1000 megawatts, we have still been consistent with power supply within some parts of the country,” he said.

Dr Ayiku cautioned against calls for a load-shedding timetable at this stage, describing it as premature.

“So if we start talking about a load shedding timetable right now, don’t you think it is too early to call for a load shedding timetable?” he said.

He added that ECG, GRIDCO and the Volta River Authority (VRA) are working together to restore full power supply across the country.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has directed the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) to step aside pending an investigation into a fire at the Akosombo Power Control Centre while taking steps to avert disruptions in Ghana’s power supply following a major fire incident at the Akosombo transmission network.

As part of the measures, Ghana temporarily halted power supply to neighboring countries. The Deputy Energy Minister, Richard Gyan-Mensah disclosed this while engaging the press on Friday, April 24.

Ghana primarily exported electricity to Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso through the 225kV Bolgatanga-Ouagadougou interconnection.

However, these countries were left to temporarily cater for themselves as the fire outbreak damaged a transmission system with a capacity of about 720 megawatts at GRIDCo's substation at Akosombo.

He added, “The system that got affected was about 720 megawatts. That system transmits power to major parts of the country, so this is a significant hit. The Akosombo Dam generates a little over 1,000 megawatts.”

“This is an emergency that has actually occasioned it. It is brief; it is not something that is going to last longer. I think they have also heard what has happened to us. In this situation, we need to take some actions and this is one of them”.