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GRIDCo on why there is a second nationwide electric power outage in 3 weeks
* GRIDCo regrets the inconvenience caused by this temporary outage and assures the general public that all relevant technical teams have been fully mobilised and are working with urgency to achieve complete restoration of the power system.
Immediately following the incident, GRIDCo engineers, working in close coordination with other power sector agencies, took steps to isolate the affected transmission line and commenced the safe and systematic restoration of the power system.
Aug - 20 - 2026 , 07:02 2 minutes read FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE20th August 2026 SYSTEM DISTURBANCE AND POWER RESTORATION UPDATE The Ghana Grid Company Ltd.
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