The Electricity Company of Ghana has restored power supply to the Yilo and Manya Krobo Municipalities in the Eastern Region after three weeks of disconnecting the area from the national grid.
Power supply was restored at about 5pm Friday but few minutes later there was power supply cut after ECG transformer in Somanya reportedly went up in flames as a result of power surge.
According to Tema Regional ECG Public Relations Officer, Sakyiwaa Mensah, ECG’s team quickly responded to the situation and has since fixed the problem.
She added that power supply was restored at about 9pm.
The Yilo and Manya Krobo Municipalities have been without power since July 27 amid a dispute over the installation of prepaid meters.
Residents in the area owe ECG an unpaid electricity bills of about Ghs168 million for a period of five years.
To stop the continuous accumulation of unpaid electricity bills ECG embarked on installation of pre-payment meters but the residents opposed the initiative through a series of protests and touched some of their installations.
This compelled the power distribution company to cut power supply to the area.
Speaking on TV3 on Friday night, the Municipal Chief Executive for Yilo Krobo, Simon Kweku Tetteh said there are few areas which are yet to have their supply restored.
He said ECG had promised to restore power to the affected areas on Saturday.
He commended the ECG, Ministry of Energy, Traditional Authorities and the national security for the role they all played to ensure that power supply was restored to the area.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
