Ghana: Sunday’s Outage In Accra, Takoradi, Others Was Due To Fault At Mallam Substation–GRIDCo

Ghana’s power transmission company, GRIDCo, has attributed Sunday’s, March 3, power interruptions that affected some areas in Accra, Winneba and Takoradi to faulty equipment at its Mallam substation.

A statement signed by its Corporate Communications Manager, Dzifa Bampoh, indicated that its engineers have already begun power restoration and assured the public that they are working tirelessly to restore supply to the rest of the affected areas.

“The Ghana Grid Company LTD (GRIDCo) wishes to inform the public that on Sunday, March 3, 2024, due to a fault in equipment at the Mallam substation which occurred at 20:38h power supply to some customers in the western part of Accra, Winneba and Takoradi was interrupted,” the statement said.

It added that “our engineers have quickly isolated the faulted equipment for further investigation.

“Restoration of supply to affected customers started immediately. As of 22:30h, the power supply to most of the affected customers had been restored.

For areas without power supply, engineers are working tirelessly to restore power once the faulted equipment is fixed.

“GRIDCo sincerely apologises to all who were affected by the power supply interruption,” the statement concluded.

Source: https://energynewsafrica.com