Nana Amoasi VII, Executive Director of the Institute for Energy Security
Ghana’s chronic power outages, known as dumsor, will continue until the end of the year unless serious problems in the energy sector are resolved, according to Nana Amoasi VII, Executive Director of the Institute for Energy Security (IES).
His remarks come after reports of massive power outages that have raised questions about the stability of the country’s electrical grid.
Speaking on Eyewitness News on Friday, February 21, 2025, Nana Amoasi VII blamed the issue on the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) inefficiency, aging infrastructure, and financial limitations that affected important participants in the energy sector.
He underlined that demand usually equals or surpasses supply, and Ghana’s power producing capacity is quite low. Additionally, he pointed out that power plants frequently cannot operate because of fuel shortages or forced maintenance shutdowns, further straining electricity distribution.
“Until the ECG fixes its inefficiency, collects enough of the revenue, and ensures that each participant within the energy sector gets a fair share of the revenue, we will continue to have this challenge. This is because it will be difficult for the transmitter, GRIDCo, to invest in its ageing infrastructure, and even with ECG and its infrastructure, it is suffering,” citinewsroom.com quotes Nana Amoasi VII as saying.
He added: “It will be difficult for the power generator, be it public or private, to generate power because they also need to make some input into the power generation. There will be difficulty for WAPCo to continue supplying the natural gas. So, we are in a very uncomfortable state.
“We know very well that we have these challenges, and until we address the inefficiencies in the ECG, I am sorry to say again that we will see dumsor till the end of the year,” he stated.
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