Professional director of the Africa Middle for Energy Policy ACEP has lashed out in Energy Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh for saying the particular lights are going off as they are fixing transmission faults.
Dealing with Ghanaians through his recognized Twitter handle, the Reputable Minster shared a short movie explaining the necessity for the inconsistent power supply in the country.
According to Doctor Opoku Prempeh, this particular black outs is not dumsor but rather “dumsiesie” meaning off and repair.
“People are hanging upon 330kV and 161, 500 volts power lines in order to upgrade the power cables. All of us can’t have electricity operating through these lines while work is being done onto it. So we have to put out the particular lights somewhere so that somebody can do that work. ”
This individual added: “He continued this is why power cuts since been happening across the country. He or she said the current situation is just not the same as the significant strength cuts, ‘Dumsor’. That Ghanaians experienced between 2012 in order to 2016.
But reacting for this, ACEP’s Benjamin Boakye mentioned the engineers know how to repair faults without necessarily postponing people’s lights in dumsor.
He termed it because “hotline maintenance” and advised the minister to find out in the right people.
Last week, the particular Electricity Company of Ghana rolled out an eight-day power outage schedule for a few parts of the national funds to enable it undertake upkeep works on some GRIDCO services.
Speaking at a press briefing, the Minister was uncertain whether there would be an extension from the power outage schedule delete word.
“There has been a dumsor plan for those in Accra that are served by the Pokuase substation, and ECG published the timetable for that and it finishes today. I cannot stand right here and give you a yes or any answer, but we are sure for whatever they required to do and for whatever reason they will came with the timetable, this ends today. ”
The strength interruptions started on Mon, May 10, 2021.
ECG had explained that the plan had become necessary because of the ongoing works on the Pokuase Bulk Supply Point, therefore the need to shut down the transmitting line, which was expected to impact the Mallam Bulk Supply Stage that supplies power to numerous households.
Source: MyNewsGh. com/2021
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