On Thursday 23rd April, 2026, a fire incident occurred at the GRIDCo Akosombo Switchyard, which affected power supply. Following the incident GRIDCo and VRA formed a joint technical team to agree on a restoration plan to bring the Akosombo Generation Units back on stream to supply reliable power. Following the incident, the Minister for
A delegation from Newmont comprising executives from Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd. and Newmont’s Corporate Office in the USA, paid a familiarisation visit to GRIDCo’s Management. Ing. Vincent Boachie, Director, Technical Services Department (TSD), chaired the meeting on behalf of the Chief Executive (CE), [who was out of the jurisdiction] welcomed the delegation. Ing. Hussaini Adams,
The Ghana Grid Company LTD. recently held a technical sub-committee meeting with the Ivorian power system utility to discuss issues relating to the operation of the electrical interconnection between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, analyse problems and make recommendations for solution. The Ghana party comprised GRIDCo and the Volta River Authority (VRA), whilst their Ivorian counterparts
As part of GRIDCo’s stakeholder engagement efforts aimed at strengthening relations with key traditional authorities within the Company’s operational areas, the Board of GRIDCo paid a courtesy call on His Royal Majesty King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, the Ga Mantse, at his Palace in Accra. The delegation, led by the Board Chairlady, Kuukua Maurice
A group of Electrical Engineering students from the Regional Maritime University (RMU) recently undertook an educational visit to two (2) of GRIDCo’s key installations, namely; the Kasoa and Pokuase Bulk Supply Points (BSP) to gain practical insight into the operation of Ghana’s Power Transmission Network.The visit was led by Ing. Ben Smith, Principal Technician Engineer,
Engagements with GRIDCo’s internal stakeholders, [namely; staff of the various departments] on Ghana’s wholesale electricity market (GWEM) goes ongoing. At the meeting with the host department driving the GWEM engagements, i.e. the System Operations Department, the Director, Ing. Hussaini Adams opened the session underscoring the importance of the GWEM saying “The System Operations Department (SOD)
GRIDCo has begun a company-wide engagement to deepen Staff’s understanding of the Ghana’s Wholesale Electricity Market (GWEM), a major step in Ghana’s ongoing electricity sector reforms. The sensitisation exercise, being led by the Market Operations Section of the System Operations Department, started with the Leadership of the Staff Groups, and will continue across all Departments
Management paid a working visit to Genser Energy to familiarise themselves with the Company’s operations and ongoing projects. During the visit, the team toured the Prestea Gas Conditioning Plant (GCP), where Genser Energy is constructing a mid-stream facility designed to process up to 135 million standard cubic feet of natural gas per day (mmscf/d).The visit
The Tema Area has successfully completed a major transformer upgrade at the Smelter II (SM60) Substation, enhancing capacity at the substation and strengthening supply reliability across the Tema Region.The project involved the replacement of the existing 50/66MVA transformer (60T1) with a new 120/145MVA unit, effectively more than doubling the transformer capacity at the facility. This
In the last quarter of 2025, the Techiman Area Line Maintenance Team changed critically shattered insulators along the Kintampo-Adubilyili (KP6AD) line at Gulumpe in the Bono East Region. The work was undertaken on tower number 166. The work was challenged because it was unfortunately heavily infested with bees. The presence of the bees on
