The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a timetable for power outages for today, March 31, 2023. This is because the Atuabo gas processing plant has been undergoing repairs by the Ghana National Gas Company.
According to a statement released by the Ministry of Energy on March 29th, “The shutdown will affect gas supply to some power plants and will ultimately result in interruption of power supply to some consumers.”
There will be an impact on the gasoline supply for power generation as a result of the exercise, with an estimated shortage of 150 MW. Because of this, ECG’s entire available power supply will be cut until Friday, April 7, 2023.
The minister also disclosed that additional gas would be imported from Nigeria in order to reduce the expected adverse effects.
“The Ghana Grid Company Ltd (GRIDCo) and The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) wish to inform the public that due to the maintenance works being carried out by the Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) at the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant (GPP), gas supply for power generation has been affected.
“Consequently, there will be approximately 150 megawatts of power generation shortfall. 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,” part of the statement read.
Below is the schedule aforementioned.
Source – Tru News Report
