Nana Amoasi VII, Executive Director of the Institute for Energy Security (IES), says Ghana would see additional outages in the coming days.
He stated that the latest outages, often known as ‘dumsor,’ are due to financial issues.
Nana Amoasi VII said in an interview with Citi FM’s Eyewitness News, which was monitored by ATLFM, that the government has neglected to pay several important participants in the energy industry, notably the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), which has resulted in irregular power disruptions.
He stated that the electrical plants are ready to go; however, the fuel, natural gas, that must be pumped into the plant for it to function properly has proven to be a hurdle.
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He said, “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 also stated that if the government fails to raise funding to pay all of the partners participating in the electrical industry, the country may face more outages.
“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.”
