The Ghana Grid Company Ltd (GRIDCO) has announced that there is currently a shortage of gas supply from the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant (GPP) and the West African Gas Pipeline (WAPCo), resulting in a supply gap of 650MW during peak hours.
As a result, several areas in the country are experiencing power outages. GRIDCo has assured the public that efforts are underway to restore gas supply from the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant, and as the situation improves, power will be restored to affected customers.
In a statement, GRIDCo, the operator of the National Interconnected Transmission System, expressed regret over the inconvenience caused by the deficit in thermal power generation due to limited gas supply.
The power distributor, which is the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), also in a release issued on Friday, July 7, apologised to consumers experiencing power cuts as a result of the situation.
It further explained that as a result of the gas situation at Atuabo and WAPCo, all Asogli phase-One units, Cenpower, and Aksa Power Plants have shutdown, leading to a generation shortfall.
It says the Ghana National Gas Company has assured that it will resolve the issue as soon as possible.
“Meanwhile, ECG expects power supply to be fully restored by 9:00pm today, Friday, 7th July, 2023” the statement added.