According to the Public Relations Officer of ECG in the Ashanti Region, Benjamin Obeng Antwi, dumsor is not back. He said, despite recent intermittent power outages experienced in parts of Kumasi and surrounding communities, the current outages are the result of technical faults within the power distribution system and should not be described as dumsor.
Speaking in an interview on Orange FM’s Orange Sunrise with host Alfa Ali, Mr. Obeng Antwi said customers should understand that the situation differs from the power crisis Ghana experienced about a decade ago.
According to Mr. Obeng Antwi, Dumsor happened when electricity generation could not meet national demand, forcing power providers to ration electricity supply.
He said power utilities had to deliberately switch off electricity in some areas and restore it later in others in order to share the limited power available.
Over the past 3 weeks, there have been intermittent power outages in many parts of Kumasi, with consumers raising concerns over the possible return of Dumsor. However, Mr. Obeng Antwi stressed that the current situation is different from Dumsor because the country has enough installed and available generation capacity.
According to him, there is enough installed and available capacity, although there are some bottlenecks within the system.
