The Electrical energy Firm of Ghana (ECG) on Friday, Could 22, 2026, introduced a serious transformer substitute and improve undertaking on the Batsona major substation, whilst engineers proceed to battle widespread community failures which have plunged many communities within the Ashanti, Tema and Western areas into darkness.
ECG disclosed in a press launch issued on Friday that the improve is a part of the federal government’s transformer substitute and improve program and is aimed toward bettering energy provide reliability and decreasing system overloads throughout the electrical energy distribution community. This undertaking follows the profitable completion of comparable refurbishment works at Adenta, Numai Zorum, Rashibi, Teshie Nungua and Kumasi Ridge major substations.
Batsona improve schedule
ECG will exchange the prevailing 20/26 MVA transformer at Batsona substation with the next capability 30/39 MVA transformer. The train is scheduled to run from Sunday, Could 31, 2026 to Monday, June 1, 2026, with rolling energy outages lasting roughly six hours for every affected group.
Based on the detailed energy outage schedule, Group A, which covers Mawako Quick Meals, Alpha Buying and selling, Goyle Filling Station, Spintex Plaza, Coca-Cola Manufacturing facility, Casa Preco, China Mall and different industries alongside Spintex Street, will expertise energy outages from 6am to 12pm on Sunday, Could thirty first, and from midnight to 6am on Monday, June 1st.
Group B, which incorporates Wattson Manufacturing facility, First Financial institution, Stanbic Financial institution, GCB, Entry Financial institution, UBA Financial institution, Tropical Cables and different amenities, can be affected from 12pm to 6pm on Sunday, Could thirty first.
Group C, which covers Store N Save, Entrance College, Nasco Store, Kasapreko, Devtraco Ltd, Indomine Manufacturing facility and different areas alongside Spintex Street, will expertise energy outage from 6pm to 12am on Sunday, Could 31.
Widespread fault hits Ashanti, Tema in western area
These deliberate interventions come as ECG continues to handle a number of community outages that occurred on Friday, Could 22, 2026.
Within the Southern Ashanti area, community outages affected Edubiase, Humso, Kwabenakwa, Asongkore, Alhaji Awal and surrounding areas. One other fault in the identical space lower off energy to Boko, Tweedy, Foase, Ntorontoroso, Tlabuom, Ofoase, Manso Nkwanta and surrounding areas. The third fault affected Dadishoaba, Asad, and surrounding areas.
Within the Tema area, the community failure affected Wildlife, PW Quarry, Jap Quarry, Twin Quarry, Recycle, Inzag, Brilliant Cement, Mau Be Gi Be, Mobore, Ata Mensah, Perftek, Zugbeinate, Afienya Youth Management Coaching Heart, Philip Kope, Greenhouse Enclave and surrounding areas.
One other outage within the Tema area disrupted energy to Ready Academy, Timber Market, Mavis Industries, Polystar, Neighborhood 25 Mall, Jaguar, Deleccess College, Jordan Metropolis, Santoor, Anti-Araba, Agbesi Lariye, Nelplast, Qbeklo, Degree 400 and surrounding areas.
As well as, the upstream challenges of the Tema area embody Afienya, Quarry, Greenhouse Enclave, Otsebulek, Oxivli, Jerusalem, Apollonia Metropolis, Katamanso, Promised Land, Elegant Housing, Knowledge Heart, TOR Property, Emmanuel Property, Scorching Oven, Afariwa Junction, Yellow Signboard, Michel Camp and Gate, Kakasnaka, Gbetosil, Soldier Line , Tema Worldwide College, Don Bosco, Bethlehem, Sebrepol, Goshen, White Property, Emef Property, Neighborhood 22, Official City, New City, Booster, Clementina, Ashaiman Circuit Courtroom, Dawenya, Prampuram, Chuo College, Starsteel, PS International, Adom Property, Miotso, Irrigation, Devtrako, Hyakutong Switchyard and its environment.
Within the Western area, a defective transformer in Nkotompo triggered energy outages in Nkotompo, Njeramoabekam and surrounding areas.
In a public announcement, ECG acknowledged the inconvenience attributable to each the deliberate improve effort and the unplanned community outage and apologized to all affected clients. The corporate reassured the general public that its engineers are working diligently to resolve all community points, and confused that the deliberate upgrades are obligatory to make sure the long-term robustness of the facility community.
