[ 2015-01-31 ]

ECG to consumers: Don't expect regular time table for load-shedding unless,....
Public Relations Manager for the Electricity
Company of Ghana (ECG) Mr. William Boateng has
stated that Ghanaians should not expect a regular
time table for the load shedding in the country.

According to him, a quantum of generation is
needed to draw the time table for the country but
as it stands now, the deficit is so high that that
there is no specific quantum to draw the time
table for the entire country.

Speaking on Oman Fm’s Morning Show, Mr. Boateng
revealed that every power cut in the classified
areas such as hospitals, water works and security
zones are not from the Electricity Company of
Ghana (ECG) as such control in these vital areas
are under the supervision of GRIDCo.

The Ghana Medical Association has had cause to
complain about how the erratic power supply is
affecting their job at the various hospitals and
the likely consequences of such on the life of
patients.

Reacting to the issue, the ECG Public Relations
Manager said there is already an arrangement for
hospitals as they are part of the vital
institution earmarked for prominence and so their
power is hardly touched.

He underscored that if the load shedding is
intensified as it is now, the supplier of the
power puts it off from the volt point; adding ECG
doesn’t have control again on these vital
institutions if the erratic is higher.

“For instance, if they knock-off from Mallam and
it exceeds to Korle-Bu, then Korle-Bu will go off
and that is not the doing of ECG controlling the
power because the system has become such that if
GRIDCo does not put such measures in place the
whole country will face a system collapse. So it
is not deliberate on our part to put the power off
at vital installation because of load
shedding”.

“There is nothing ECG can do about it because we
don’t have control over it. There is a committee
looking into the erratic power situation so that
those vital areas will not go off frequently like
this and that will give some control to ECG to
manage….if the generation is not corresponding
well and you don’t put the vital areas off, the
whole country will collapse…..the committee will
need the quantum of generation available to draw
the time table but as at now, the deficit is so
high that there is no specific quantum to do that
(draw a time table),” William Boateng stated.

Source - Peacefmonline

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