The meeting, which forms part of PURC's regulatory monitoring activities to assess electricity reliability and quality of service performance, also examined operational challenges while promoting compliance with service delivery standards in the interest of consumers.
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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disclosed that recent power outages recorded in some parts of the Ashanti Region were caused by equipment failures, cable faults and ongoing infrastructure upgrade works across the transmission and sub-transmission networks.
Officials of the power company explained the rationale behind the unplanned outages at a Regulatory and Reliability Performance Monitoring Meeting attended by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) and ECG at the company's Boadi office in Kumasi on Friday, October 16, 2026.
The meeting, which forms part of PURC's regulatory monitoring activities to assess electricity reliability and quality of service performance, also examined operational challenges while promoting compliance with service delivery standards in the interest of consumers.
The General Manager of Ashanti Sub-Transmission was deputised by Ing. James Mensah Yevunya, Manager for Network Maintenance, at the meeting.
According to Ing. Yevunya, the recent supply challenges were caused by two current transformer (CT) blasts on the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) network and a cable fault at the Ridge Bulk Supply Point (BSP).
He explained that ongoing infrastructure upgrade projects by both GRIDCo and ECG had placed additional operational constraints on the system during the period.
He disclosed that while GRIDCo is upgrading its transformer capacity from 50/66MVA to 120/145MVA to supply the Ridge BSP, ECG, on the other hand, is installing new 8-way 33kV panels at Ridge to accommodate the increased capacity and also facilitate improved power distribution.
Ing. Yevunya assured PURC of expedited work by ECG on installations to ensure the company receives and utilises the upgraded capacity to support improved electricity supply to consumers across the region.
Ashanti Regional Manager of PURC, Mr. Edward Boduah Kingston, appealed to ECG to keep the Commission regularly updated on ongoing infrastructure projects and operational developments to enable the public to receive timely and accurate information about electricity supply conditions.
He also called for adequate resourcing of ECG's Public Relations office to strengthen collaboration with the media and PURC in communicating technical operations and service challenges in a manner that consumers can readily understand.
By Benjamin Aidoo
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