Former Deputy Energy Minister John Jinapor perceives Ghana’s electricity supply chain as doomed.
He believes that if nothing is done to address the country’s serious energy situation, the country would be thrown back into darkness.
This follows statements made by Energy Minister Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh on Wednesday, which he claims portray a bleak picture of the country’s excess capacity.
Mr. Jinapor mentioned that the Energy Commission recommends a Reserve Margin of 18% over peak demand.
However, according to his judgment of the sector Minister’s talk at the Information Ministry, this is not the reality on the ground.
“The Energy Minister’s press briefing this morning at the Information Ministry confirmed a system Peak demand of 3,469MW against dependable capacity of 3,861MW for Ghana in 2022,” he said.
“The reserve Margin which translates to 324MW, brings the total dependable capacity to 4,096MW.”
The announced dependable capacity of 3,861MW has piqued the Yapei Kusawgu legislator’s interest.
“From the Minister’s own figures Ghana has dependable capacity of 3,861MW which is below the required capacity? At this rate Ghana risk experiencing massive Dumsor if nothing is done urgently.”
He urged that the government establish openness by detailing the components of the “so-called 17bn cedis excess capacity payments.”
“So the question to Dr. Bawumiah is; where did you conjure those so-called excess capacity payments.
“We insist the Government publishes the breakdown of the so-called 17bn cedis payments on excess capacity,” he said adding that “the deception is getting nauseating to say the least.”
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SOURCE: myjoyonline
