Ghana’s Minister for Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, on Monday, held a meeting with power sector players to discuss their 2021 maintenance schedules.
In attendance were Chief Executives of VRA and GRIDCo, CEO of Ghana Gas, MD of ECG, Deputy CEOs of Bui Power Authority (BPA), CEO of CENPOWER, Officials of Sunon Asogli Power Ghana, AKSA and other Independent Power Producers in the West African nation.
In a Facebook post, the Minister explained that knowing these schedules would help in providing adequate and timely information to the public should these planned mandatory maintenances affect power supply.
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“The public will, in due course, be updated on which plants will be in maintenance, when they are scheduled to be maintained and any effects as a result of these essential works,” his post said.
Ghanaians have been experiencing pockets of power outages largely due to some challenges at the transmission value chain of the power sector.
The transmission company, GRIDCo, is currently undertaking repair works to strengthen its transmission network.
“There is no doubt that Independent Power Producers (IPPs) play a critical role in ensuring that we have a constant supply of power nationwide,” the Minister had said earlier.
In conclusion, the Minister posted: “In a bid to maintain transparency to the people of Ghana, I summoned a meeting of the IPPs in my office yesterday to request the maintenance schedules for their power plants.”
Source: www.energynewsafrica.com
