The Institute of Energy Security (IES) wants the government to find practical ways to purchase and store adequate quantities of alternative fuel for the country’s power generation plants.
The IES argues that may largely help in stabilizing power generation and supply.
The suggestion comes on the back of the recent irregular power supply that has hit parts of the country.
The Executive Director of the IES, Kwasi Anamuah Sakyi admits that the recurrent power issues are partly as a result of huge debts on the books of GRIDCo and some other power producers.
According to the Executive Director of the IES, the government’s ability to secure funds to stock Light Crude Oil and other fuels will be a preferred option.
“We believe that if we have stock of this fuel, we will need money to store other fuel sources as a backup and then we can only pray that the Akosombo Dam will have appreciable levels. We used to do about 60 percent of thermal while hydro was 40 percent. For the past week, hydro is doing about 50 percent,†he noted.
He added that “Anytime we have a challenge with natural gas, we should be prepared to fall on another form of fuel so that we do not get the shock.â€
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The government has adduced many reasons for the current power situation.
In all instances, it has strongly contended against the acceptance of the resumption of power rationing.
The Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu has suggested that the difficulty to transport gas from Takoradi in the West to Tema in the East, had partly accounted for the problem.
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