{"id":117148,"date":"2026-02-27T17:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=117148"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:44:51","slug":"ecg-reinforces-operation-keep-light-on-in-ashanti-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=117148","title":{"rendered":"ECG reinforces \u2018Operation Keep Light On\u2019 in Ashanti Region"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has dismissed rumors that the Ashanti Region is experiencing a return to \u201cDumsor\u201d, the colloquial term for persistent and scheduled power outages.<\/p>\n

The region has been experiencing intermittent power outages in recent days, adversely impacting domestic and commercial consumers.<\/p>\n

The power situation also affected the Ghana Water Company\u2019s ability to pump water from both Owabi and Barekese dams.<\/p>\n

But the Electricity Company of Ghana insists there is no load management or scheduled power shedding.<\/p>\n

Speaking on behalf of all four regional managers of ECG in the Ashanti Region after a technical meeting on Wednesday, General Manager for Ashanti East, Ing Daniel Mensah-Asare, admits some residents have been experiencing what he described as power interruptions.<\/p>\n

According to him, the interruptions are mainly due to isolated technical faults rather than a systemic shortage of power.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a big no! There\u2019s nothing like load management, load shedding, or what is popularly called Dumsor; no, there\u2019s no \u2018dumsor\u2019 in any part of the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no Dumsor in any part of Ghana.\u201d Ing Mensah-Asare told JoyNews.<\/p>\n

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Ing. Daniel Mensah-Asare is the General Manager for the Ashanti East Region of ECG<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhat people are probably seeing are a few outages. They are all as a result of a fault that some of them are taking a little time for us to fix due to the nature of the fault.<\/p>\n

But I want to say emphatically that there\u2019s no \u2018dumsor\u2019 or there\u2019s no load shedding or load management.\u201d He added.<\/p>\n

To tackle these technical challenges, Ing Mensah-Asare highlighted the reinforcement of a proactive maintenance program launched last year, dubbed \u201cOperation Keep the Light On.\u201d<\/p>\n

The initiative involves defect identification, where technicians patrol distribution lines that are 11 kV and 33 kV to find potential failure points before they cause an outage, and defect correction, which involves immediate repairs to remove hazards.<\/p>\n

In recent times, the program has been expanded to include the low-voltage networks that connect directly to individual residences.<\/p>\n

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ECG denies return of dumsor in Ashanti Region<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a programme ongoing from last year that we call Operation Keep the Light On, which mandates us to go on our networks or our distribution lines, identify things that can possibly lead to an outage or can cause the light to go off.<\/p>\n

\u00a0So we are doing what we call a defect identification. Then we follow it up with defect correction.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve done that on the majority of our distribution network or lines, 11 kV and 33 kV lines.<\/p>\n

We have now expanded it to cover every 11 kV and 33 kV network. And we are even extending it to our distribution network, that one we call the low voltage network, the one that is connecting to your houses, so that we send teams or we send our men, our technicians, our engineers to go on the line and see potential things that can cause the light to go off.<\/p>\n

Then we follow it up immediately to correct that defect.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it appears residents in Kumasi hit by water shortage will have to wait a little longer as ECG addresses the power concerns at the Barekese Dam.<\/p>\n

Ing Mensah-Asare is not sure when a project to provide reliable power supply to the Barekese Dam could be completed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an ongoing project there that is going to ensure that the water company gets enough power or a reliable power to pump water for all of us and that we know and we are working very hard on it to make sure that that problem is resolved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will not be too long,\u201d Ing Mensah-Asare stressed.<\/p>\n

The General Manager has urged the public to stay informed through ECG\u2019s social media flyers and local radio announcements, which provide real-time updates and restoration timelines for any localized faults.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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