The Ghana Grid Company Limited says the power outage that occurred on Sunday, March 3 2024 was due to faulty equipment at its Mallam substation.
In a press statement, GRIDCo explained the situation resulted in interruption in power supply to some customers in the western part of Accra, Winneba and Takoradi.
It indicated that its engineers have already begun power restoration and assured the public that they are working tirelessly to restore supply to the rest of the affected areas.
Below is GRIDCo’s full statement.
“The Ghana Grid Company LTD wishes to inform the public that on Sunday, March 3, 2024, due to a fault on an equipment at the Mallam substation which occurred at 20:38h power supply to some customers in the western part of Accra, Winneba and Takoradi was interrupted.
“Our engineers have quickly isolated the faulted equipment for further investigation. Restoration of supply to affected customers started immediately. As at 22:30h, power supply to most of the affected customers had been restored. For areas without power supply, engineers are working tirelessly to restore power once the faulted equipment is fixed,” GRIDCo explained.
