The Member of Parliament (MP) for Yapei-Kusawgu and former Deputy Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor has revealed that President John Mahama has directed the Chief of Staff to convene an emergency meeting with power sector players to discuss the impending power crisis.
“Today at 10 am, His Excellency the President instructed that the Chief of Staff chairs a meeting with all stakeholders,” he said.
The forum will bring together several power producing businesses in the country to discuss methods to stabilize power supply and prevent ‘dumsor’.
The MP clarified during an appearance on Joy FM’s Show on Wednesday, January 8, that the meeting was required since the previous administration had not been able to secure enough fuel for electricity generating.
According to him, “GRIDCo, WAPCo, VRA, GNPC, BOST, and all relevant stakeholders are expected to attend the meeting. The essence of the meeting is to find solutions to these challenges that I have enumerated.”
The MP revealed “Last night, we conducted a lot of technical work and have put several options on the table, which will be discussed during the meeting. His Excellency will be briefed, and I’m confident he will provide instructions to the Chief of Staff.”
Regarding liquid fuel stocks, as of Sunday, January 5, he said “AKSA’s current available stock is 225m³ which is expected to last for five hours with AKSA running at 120 megawatts. KTPP has a current stock of 1,275m³, expected to last for one and a half days with one unit running continuously. For Cenpower, the current stock available is 293,000m³, projected to last for 20.9 days with two units running continuously,” he disclosed.
He further stated that, while power companies are experiencing fuel difficulties, the Asogli facility is completely out of fuel.
“Asogli has no fuel; there is no fuel stock at Asogli. The issue is that even if the fuel arrives now, it will still need to be treated,” he explained.
