The Electricity Company of Ghana (Electricity Company of Ghana) has announced plans to step up transformer upgrades in the Ashanti Region as part of efforts to improve power stability and address recent fluctuations affecting customers.
The exercise, which is set to begin on May 6, forms part of a broader rollout of 300 new distribution transformers to communities currently experiencing low voltage issues caused by overloaded infrastructure.
ECG says the intervention is expected to bring immediate relief to households and businesses that have been dealing with unstable electricity supply in parts of the region.
The company also noted that the wider programme is aimed at strengthening the distribution network and improving overall service delivery across Ashanti.
It further explained that ongoing upgrades include replacing existing conductors to boost transmission capacity and meet rising demand.
“We want to assure our cherished customers that there shouldn’t be any panic, as we rightly said, and that the ECG is undertaking this massive upgrade to satisfy our customers and this is not the only project that we are doing,” the Public Relations Officer for ECG’s Ashanti West Region, Benjamin Obeng Antwi, told Accra-based Citi FM.
He added that the investment in the region is significant and part of a national push to improve infrastructure.
“If you listened to the minister’s press conference last week, he mentioned that government is turning its focus to the Ashanti Region. Even in our managing director’s press conference, ECG is investing some GH¢1.11 billion in the Ashanti Region. What we are doing is we are upgrading the conductors over there from 265 to 400 megawatts,” he said.
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