The delay in supply of fuel among other factors has manifested in the recent erratic supply of electricity to consumers.
The Head of Communications and Public Affairs at the Energy Ministry, Nana Damoah who disclosed this on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Wednesday, explained that there was a partial shutdown at Atuabo Gas Plant.
“That meant gas that came was not in quantity needed,” he said, adding that even then “we did not have difficulties we see now.”
“However, there is a total shutdown now,” Damoah noted. He said they had contingency measures to beat such situation but the delay in delivery of fuel “among other things” has let them down.
Responding to why the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has to play the role of delivering fuel, Damoah told host, Daniel Dadzie that “the fuel has to go through treatments that can only be done at TOR.”
He added that besides that, TOR stores fuel for a lot of companies including some power plants.
Mr. Damoah is, however, convinced that the Ministry and other players in the energy sector would fix the difficulties that have led to the unstable supply of power soon.
He said the problem will be resolved within “the shortest possible time.”
Source: GhanaWeb
