ECG installs transformers in Dodowa to improve electricity supply
The Electriciity Company of Ghana (ECG) has installed 24 transformers in Dodowa and its surrounding communities to enhance electricity supply and distribution in the area.
Work on the installation of 21 other transformers are at advanced stages of completion.
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The transformers, which cost between GH¢80,000 and GH¢100, 000, were installed at Adentan, Amrahia, Abokobi, Oyarifa, Kweiman and Oyibi in the Dodowa District in the Greater Accra Region.
The exercise forms part of a programme by the company to meet the growing demand for electricity supply in the country.
A team of officials from ECG, accompanied by some journalists, inspected some of the facilities in the Dodowa District of the ECG last Monday.
More installations
Speaking to journalists after the tour, the Public Relations Manager of the ECG, Mr William Boateng, said similar projects were being undertaken simultaneously in all the 80 districts of the ECG across the country.
He said the transformers, which were installed between January and November this year, were “additional installations which are expected to increase our capacity to meet the increasing demand and also put an end to power trippings to improve the reliability of power supply in the communities.”
“We are a developing country, and this area is experiencing new constructions on a daily basis. The new buildings require power supply and we must increase our capacity to meet such demands, the new transformers are additions to existing ones in the areas to improve voltage,” the manager added.
He said so far, the ECG had installed 21, 000 secondary transformers, 28 bulk supply stations and 70,000 networks throughout the country.
According to Mr Boateng, the ECG needed to keep pace with growing demands in spite of the present energy challenges, “otherwise the transformers will be overloaded.”
Load shedding
On the recent power outages, Mr Boateng indicated that the company had not embarked on load shedding as was being speculated by a section of the public but rather, “it was as a result of some pre-emptive maintenance.”
“Such maintenance is not planned but it is difficult to avoid. We also undertake planned maintenance on scheduled basis,” he said.
