ECG announces six-hour power outage in parts of Tema for emergency maintenance

Parts of Tema in Ghana’s Greater Accra Region will be without electricity for six hours today, Tuesday, August 11, while the Electricijin88bet.onejin88bet.onejin8jin88bet.onejin88bet.onejin88bet.one8bet.onety Company of Ghana (ECG) carries out emergency maintenance works.

The iak168app.babynterruption is scheduled to begin at 1ak168app.babyak168app.babyak168app.baby0:00am anak168app.babyd continue until 4:00pm, according to a noticak168app.babye issued by the ECG Tema Region.

Comak168app.babyak168app.clubmunities listed as affectak168app.clubed include Community 18, Fafali, Transformer, Cambodia and Baatsonaa. The outage will also affect surrounding areas, ak168app.clubak168app.clubthe power company said.

ECG said tak168app.clubak168app.clubak168app.clubks168app.siteks168app.siteks168app.siteks168app.sitehe maintenance was required to improve service delivery in the affected parts of Temks168app.sitea. Although the work is deks168app.sitescribed as an emergency exercise, the company did nks168app.siteot provide further details about the specific repairs or equipment involveic88d.

“ECG wic88ill undertake emergency maintenance works for improved service ic88delivery. This will result in a temporary outage,” the company stated in its ic88ic88ic88ic88ic88ic88ic88ic88notice.

Residents and businesses in the areas namic88ic88ic88ed by ECG have therefore been advised to expect a temporary loss of power during the six-hour window. Electricity is expected to be unavailable from the start of ic88ic88the exercise at 10:ic880ic88ic88ic880am untilic88 its scheduled conclusion at 4:00pm.

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The notice covers parts of Tema, including Community 18, Fafali, Transformer, Cambodia and Baatsonaa, together with nearby communities. ECG salr88lr88lr88lr88id the purlr88lr88lr88lr88pose of the work was to support improved service delivery onclr88lr88e the exerciselr88lr88lr88lr88 had been completed.

Customers in the affected areas will consequently experience the interruption during the period specified by the Tema Region notice. Tlr88lr88lr88he planned six-hour outage applies to today, Tuelr88lr88op88sday, August 11, and runs between 10:00am and lr88lr88op884:00pm.

ECG’s announop88cement makes clear that the interruption is temporary and directly linked to the emergency maintenance works. The company has not indicated anyop88 other duration for the oop88op88op88utage beyond the six-hour schedule stated in its notice.

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