The Days Of ‘Dumsor’ Are Over! – Systems Operation Manager (Gridco)
Systems Operation Manager of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), Ing Mark Baah has said that the government’s vision of revamping the country’s energy sector to provide stable and reliable power to Ghanaians is on course.
“We want to improve on our transmission capacity, and we do that because we are planning the system in such a way so that should any part of the country go off as a result of maintenance or fault, the customer should not even sense it because the remaining BSPs can come in to support.”
He made this known after the completion of the Accra Central and the Pokuase Bulk Supply Plant (BSP).
He said although other energy sector projects like the Kasoa BSP, upgrade of major transmission lines between Accra and Tema, and the upgrade of transmission lines in Kumasi are still ongoing, they will be completed soon.
According to him, the government has so far worked significantly to reduce the congestion on the existing ECG feeders which will result in improved reliability of power supply to meet the growing power demand in the country.
He said the days of erratic power supply, popularly known as “dumsor” caused by the lack of investment in the sector brought so much discomfort, inconvenience that sent a lot of Ghanaian businesses on their knees, are over.
He further stressed on the fact that the current upgrade in the country’s transmission capacity will help improve the socio-economic conditions of Ghanaians.
Source: myjoyonline
