ELS: MBN360 NEWS
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has begun restoring electricity supply across the country following a nationwide power outage that occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, July 29.
The company says the blackout was caused by a disturbance on the National Interconnected Transmission System at about 3:11 a.m., leading to the simultaneous shutdown of some power generation plants and disrupting electricity supply in several parts of the country.
In a statement, GRIDCo said it has activated its system restoration procedures and deployed engineers and system operators to work around the clock to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.
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The company said it is working closely with other stakeholders in the power sector to bring affected generating plants back on stream and restore electricity to consumers.
GRIDCo has also launched a comprehensive technical investigation to determine the exact cause of the system disturbance.
The company apologized to the public for the inconvenience caused by the outage and thanked consumers for their patience and understanding.
It assured the public that every effort is being made to restore electricity to all affected customers in the shortest possible time and pledged to provide further updates as more information becomes available.
