Send us request for load management 3 to 4 hours in advance – ECG tells GRIDCo

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cited late notice from the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) for its inability to execute all requests for load management.

According to the power distribution company, it requires a prior notice of between 3 to 4 hours in order to comply with such requests.

“It is important that such requests for load management from GRIDCo are received between 3-4 hours prior to the peak or off-peak periods. This will afford us the opportunity to plan and execute the load management in such a manner that customers are not unduly affected,” the Managing Director of the ECG, Smauel Dubik Mahama wrote in a letter dated April 5, addressed to the Minister oif Energy.

The letter is in response to an earlier one written to the Energy Minister by GRIDCo complaining about ECG’s noncompliance with  load management requests it issues.

However, Mr Mahama in his letter explained, “For example, customers who may have previously suffered outages due to ECG’s internal faults or planned maintenance works should not suffer a double jeopardy with another outage from a load management request from GRIDCo or due to the operation of their Automatic Frequency Load Shedding (AFLS) relays installed at the BSPs. It is the planning and management of such incidents that makes it imperative for ECG to be informed well in advance about any requests for load management by GRIDCo.”

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