Recent power outages a result of unfavourable load imbalance in the systems not ‘dumsor’ – Napo
“A couple of days ago, we had the Aboadze Switch Yard burnt and has led to a lot of intermittent power curtailment in parts of Western Region, Central Region, and even the Greater Accra Region. Because what GRIDCo is doing is to put all the networks in a circuit such that energy can be wheeled wherever with automatic metres. But that also meant that they will increasingly have trip offs if the load imbalance is unfavourable to the system. So the system decides to shut itself down to prevent machine and equipment damages.”
The Minister for Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has revealed that the recent power outages being witnessed in the country are a result of unfavourable load imbalance in the systems and not dumsor.
This follows agitations from a section of the populace over the recent erratic power supply to parts of the country.
As a result, some believe the country is on the brink of returning to the days of intense power crisis popularly known as dumsor.
But at a press briefing in Accra today, Dr Opoku Prempeh urged Ghanaians to bear with the Ministry as it resolves the situation.
“A couple of days ago, we had the Aboadze Switch Yard burnt and has led to a lot of intermittent power curtailment in parts of Western Region, Central Region, and even the Greater Accra Region. Because what GRIDCo is doing is to put all the networks in a circuit such that energy can be wheeled wherever with automatic metres. But that also meant that they will increasingly have trip offs if the load imbalance is unfavourable to the system. So the system decides to shut itself down to prevent machine and equipment damages.”
“So it’s true that parts of the country are experiencing intermittent power surges because of a combination of factors, which are the works that we are doing and the light going off by itself.”
Source: thenewsroomonline.com
