GRIDCo explains cause of Saturday night power outage in Accra

In a statement released, GRIDCo explained that a conductor on the Tema-Accra East transmission line fell at Trasacco leading to power outages in major parts of the Greater Accra region.

At 11:06pm on Saturday April 3, 2021, a conductor on the Tema – Accra East transmission line fell at Trasacco, leading to power outages in major parts of the Greater Accra region,” it said in the statement.

According to GRIDCo, the maintenance team was able to work round the clock to restore power at about 4:30 AM on Sunday.

Meanwhile, GRIDCo also said it has reduced power supply to 50% in areas around Trasacco to enable engineers work to fix the fault that resulted in the power cuts.

“Power supply has however been reduced to 50% in these areas around Trasacco the team works permanently to fix the fault,” a statement by GRIDCo said.