According to Nana Amoasi VII, the Executive Director of the Institute for Energy Security (IES), there will probably be additional outages in Ghana in the upcoming days.
He claimed that the latest outages, sometimes referred to as “dumsor,” are the consequence of financial difficulties.
Nana Amoasi VII said in an interview with Eyewitness News on Citi FM that the unpredictable power outages are a result of the government’s failure to pay several important energy sector companies, such as the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo).
He stated that the power plants are prepared to operate; the problem has been getting natural gas into the facility so that it can run efficiently.
He declared,
“The generation bits are having that challenge. It’s not like the plants are not ready to work; they are ready to work, but no fuel. This time we are talking about natural gas, which is to be fed into the plants to get them running and put the power on the bridge for us to get in our various homes and businesses.”
“All the power plants in the western corridor are working but to move that natural gas from the western corridor to the eastern corridor has been a challenge because the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), being the transporter or transmitter of the natural gas, has chosen not to move the gas. WAPCo has shut down its gas.”
He went on to say that the nation would face future blackouts if the government is unable to raise enough money to compensate all of the partners in the electrical industry.
“Until we position ourselves to generate enough revenue in the sector to pay all the players, at one moment you’ll find that WAPCo will open the gas, but then other plants will also choose to shut down because the government owns them.”
