{"id":242167,"date":"2024-10-30T14:25:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T14:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/30\/creeping-power-outages-a-big-worry\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T14:25:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T14:25:41","slug":"creeping-power-outages-a-big-worry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/30\/creeping-power-outages-a-big-worry\/","title":{"rendered":"Creeping power outages a big worry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/812\/81297906.295.jpg\" alt=\"The gas supply challenges stem from \u201ccommercial issues\u201d\" title=\"The gas supply challenges stem from \u201ccommercial issues\u201d\" width=\"295\" height=\"193\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The gas supply challenges stem from \u201ccommercial issues\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">While Finance Minister Mohammed Amin Adam has criticised the management of Sunon Asogli Power Plant Limited for acting in \u201cbad faith\u201d by shutting down its production plant over Electricity Company of Ghana\u2019s (ECG) unpaid debt, the Institute for Energy Securities warns of an extended version of power fluctuation or \u2018dumsor\u2019 if care is not taken.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the recent shutdown of the 560 megawatt (MW) Sunon Asogli Power Plant \u2013 which reliably supplies about 12-15% of the nation\u2019s electricity \u2013 is being felt with regard to electricity distribution.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Ghana has been saddled with efforts to stabilise its power sector, balancing supply with demand to avoid the protracted outages that characterised the infamous \u2018dumsor\u2019 era.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why the current situation with Sunon Asogli is problematic, if not unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p>The sudden removal of 560MW from the system has created a vacuum that other power producers are unlikely to fill promptly, given the constraints of limited generation and ongoing financial stress in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Sunon Asogli is demanding an immediate payment of at least US$60million to meet its debt obligations. We dare say, without meaningful resolution, there is little indication that the company will be able to resume operations.<\/p>\n<p>This Paper\u2019s worry, together with industry as a whole, is that should dumsor occur again the economy may face significant setbacks. To avert an impending power crisis, it is imperative to find both short-term and long-term solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) says ongoing power outages in parts of the country are due to a gas shortage to power thermal plants, affecting electricity transmission.<\/p>\n<p>GRIDCo\u2019s Corporate Communications Manager, Dzifa Bampoh indicated that the gas supply challenges stem from \u201ccommercial issues\u201d involving agreements, payments and negotiations with gas suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>The Corporate Communications Manager explained further that this means there are agreements, payment and negotiations which need to be made with gas suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>She however said that the outages are unrelated to Sunon Asogli Power Limited\u2019s shutdown. Even if the Sunon Asogli plant were operational, gas supply shortages would still prevent it from functioning effectively.<\/p>\n<p>This leaves the ordinary consumer of electricity in a quandary as to what is the real reason behind these unannounced outages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gas supply challenges stem from \u201ccommercial issues\u201d While Finance Minister Mohammed Amin Adam has criticised the management of Sunon Asogli Power Plant Limited for acting in \u201cbad faith\u201d by shutting down its production plant over Electricity Company of Ghana\u2019s (ECG) unpaid debt, the Institute for Energy Securities warns of an extended version of power [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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