[ 2015-11-30 ]

'Dumsor' about to end 'PURC
Contrary to the Power Minister’s warning,
the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC)
is assuring consumers of stable power supply as
the emergency Karpowership is set to start the
generation of electricity.

The Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor told
Ghanaians over the weekend that they need to
manage their expectations since the power barge is
just one of many measures being adopted to solve
the energy crises in the long term.

But the External Affairs Manager of the PURC, Nana
Yaa Gyantuah told Starr News, the load shedding
exercise will end soon.

“We should be happy that load shedding is
about to end, that this power barge will certainly
bring some minimization in load shedding.

“...It about to end because this (barge) is
bringing 225 megawatts and in a typical loading
exercise, only about 300 megawatts is shed so this
should make up for the shortfall,” she
explained.

The Power barge docked at the Tema Harbor Saturday
evening, and at a welcoming ceremony on Sunday, Dr
Donkor said the ship, which is about the size of a
football pitch and the height of a three-storey
building, will ease the load shedding.

“Let me say that the arrival of this barge
will not solve all our problems,” Dr Donkor,
who has promised to end what has now become known
as ‘dumsor’ by the close of 2015,
told a gathering.

“It will make a contribution. As we speak
the 250MW power project at Aboadze is also
proceeding and indeed that is even bigger than the
Karpowership… the KTPP Plant 220 MW is also
at completion stage and TICO 120MW steam expansion
has been completed. TAPCO has gone through the
full combine cycle and a lot is happening in the
sector. We do ourselves and Ghana a disservice
when we focus only on the power barge,” he
added.

Source - Starrfm

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