ECG Ashanti West Region inaugurates 15 transformer injections to improve power supply
The Electricity Company of Ghana has commissioned 15 transformer injections in the Ashanti West Region to improve power supply to its customers.
This comes after the power the company identified some 630 transformers that were reaching full capacity across the country with 46 of them in the Ashanti West Region.
The power distributor also intensified day and night transformer inspection to check the integrity of existing transformers and pick load readings as part of efforts to improve power supply in the Ashanti Region.
The beneficiary towns are and places areas Ahinsan, Abuakwa, Bibiani, Suame and Offinso, Wood Village Estate, Foase, Twedie Foase, Dompoase Salvation School, Bokankye, Kwamekrom, Achiase Market, New Aduampong, Consor Junction, Odumase Fungy and Saint International School at Barekese.
Briefing the Ghanaian Times in Kumasi yesterday, the ECG Ashanti West Regional General Manager, Mr Maxwell Dapaah, said the mission of the company “to provide quality, reliable and safe electricity services to support the country’s socio- economic growth and development.
He explained that the transformers in these locations were reaching full capacity which resulted in occasional localised outages like low voltage, phase-offs.
“Every transformer has a capacity of load it can carry so if the capacity is 200 KVA, the electricity should not exceed that capacity. Once we identified transformers reaching full capacity, we upgraded from 200 KVA to 315KVA and in some locations 500KVA transformer was commissioned to take care of the increasing demand,” Mr Dapaah stated.
The Ashanti West Regional Manager of the ECG mentioned reduction of system losses, improved reliability and stable power supply within the enclave to enhance customer satisfaction, operational efficiency and flexibility as some of the benefits to customers.
The Regional Engineer, Emmanuel Osei Amoako described the completion of the project as a step in the right direction in providing reliable and quality power supply to attract and sustain businesses in the Region and ensure all customers were happy with the services of ECG.
“We are constructing substation at Agogo, upgrading other transformers and distribution lines that we have identified to be reaching full capacity to augment power supply,”Mr Osei Amoako said.
He warned against the unlawful entry into the network of ECG and urged customers to report people who interfere with the ECG network to help protect vital installations including poles, transformers, meters and pylons.
FROM TIMES REPORTER, KUMASI
