The Electricity Company of Ghana has announced a planned power outage in parts of the Ashanti Region to enable the Ghana Grid Company Limited to continue the ongoing upgrade of the Anwomaso to Ridge Bulk Supply Point transmission line.
The outage is scheduled from Monday, November 16 to Wednesday, November 18, from 7:30 am to 5:00 pm each day.
According to the notice, the exercise involves replacing the existing 364MVA single-circuit transmission line with a modern double-circuit transmission line rated at 2 x 488MVA (976MVA).
The affected areas include parts of Kaase, Guinness Ghana LTD, Fan Milk, Coca Cola, Bomplex, Georgia, Abattoir, Boadi, Emina, Appiadu Kokoben, Donyina, and surrounding areas.
The company described the outage as part of ongoing efforts to improve power supply in the Ashanti Region and regretted the inconvenience that will arise as a result of the exercise.
