Publish load-shedding timetable – Energy Committee to ECG

The Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament has tasked the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to fast-track processes to ensure that consumers receive a load-shedding timetable in the coming days.

At a crunch meeting with stakeholders in the energy sectors in Accra, the Chairman of the Committee, Samuel Atta Akyea, told the media that the committee will see to it that the ECG provides customers with a load-shedding timetable for them to plan effectively.

He also assured the public that the recent power outages will be resolved.
“The conversations we’ve had are very good. Some of the technical challenges relating to fuel and the rest of it, they will be tackled,” said the Abuakwa South lawmaker, adding that “if there is under
Generation which there is an admission there is one we should do everything in our power to make sure that we generate enough power.”

He emphasised that the committee at the meeting was “very strong on the matter” regarding publishing a load-shedding timetable due to a lack of adequate generation capacity to meet demand.
“The committee was very strong on the matter that if there are power outages, those who are enjoying power should know when it will be available, and then they plan their lives around the timetable you furnished them,” he stated.

According to Mr. Atta Akyea, the power distributor demonstrated signs of complying with the Committee’s advice, indicating that, “they are not averse to that it is imperative and they are going to do it.”