The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced both planned and emergency maintenance works aimed at improving its power infrastructure.
As a result, customers in parts of Tema and the Ashanti Region will experience power outages today, Sunday, April 14.
This comes as ECG works to stabilise the electricity network in the Ashanti West area, where several serious faults including fallen high-tension poles left many communities without power throughout Saturday.
In Tema, residents and businesses should expect a scheduled outage from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
This seven-hour interruption is part of efforts to upgrade ageing infrastructure in fast-growing areas.
The affected locations include Philipkope, Greenstone Junction, Perftech, Ataa Mensah, Teye Kwame, and the Afienya Youth Centre.
ECG says these areas are undergoing essential upgrades to improve long-term power reliability.
At the same time, emergency repair works are ongoing in Kumasi. Engineers are currently working at the Bantama Race Course Market and aim to fix urgent network problems by 5:00 p.m. today.
The outage is described as a critical intervention to prevent a total collapse of the local grid.
Sunday’s maintenance is compounded by the aftermath of Saturday’s destructive technical failures.
In the Ashanti West Region, a catastrophic failure at Ohwimase Hilltop saw multiple high-tension poles snap, severing power to the Seed Company, Old Town, and surrounding neighbourhoods.
The chaos also extended to the following:
- The St. Hubert Feeder: Triggering outages in Lasab Junction, Odeneho Kwadaso, and Mount Olivet School.
- The Guinness 1 Feeder: Cutting supply to high-profile areas, including the Ahodwo Roundabout, True Vine Hotel, and parts of Nhiyaeso.
In official advisories released earlier, the power distributor expressed regret over the timing of these disruptions but maintained that the stability of the national grid was at stake.
The ECG assured affected customers that engineers were “working diligently to rectify all faults and restore supply as swiftly as possible”.
The public notices further emphasised the necessity of these interventions:
“Engineers are working diligently to resolve all network issues while emphasising that the planned exercises are necessary to ensure the long-term robustness of the power network across the regions.”
The company extended its apologies to the thousands of customers impacted, acknowledging the “inconvenience caused by both the scheduled maintenance and the unplanned network faults”.
