Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) Organizes Consultative Meeting for Stakeholders

President John Dramani Mahama has challenged stakeholders in the energy sector to see the current crisis as providing lessons for Ghana to accelerate its own gas development, and not to depend on gas supply from other countries.

He made the statement at a consultative meeting organized by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) for all stakeholders in the energy sector. The platform was to afford stakeholders the opportunity to discuss ways of mitigating the impact of the ongoing energy crisis on consumers and industries.

Delivering his keynote address, President Mahama stated that "the damaged portion of the West African Pipeline in Togo which supplied gas to the Asogli Power Plant had been fixed. He said the company was currently doing test runs on the pipes, noting that in the next few weeks, the company would start supplying gas to the Asogli Power Plant."

In his address, Mr. Kweku Andoh Awotwi, Chief Executive of the VRA, told stakeholders that the load shedding exercise which has been occasioned by a shortfall in the supply of gas from the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) was expected to be over by end of November, all things being equal. According to him, the VRA was expecting an additional 300MW of power by November to take care of the 200MW deficit caused by the Asogli Plant due to damage of the gas pipelines.

His Excellency, President John Dramani Mahama - President of the Republic of Ghana, delivering his keynote address at the function.

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• VRA buries Time Capsule.
• VRA launches Malaria Control Strategy.
• VRA Top 100 attend workshop.
• VRA donates to Pupuni LA School.
• VRA celebrates Kloyosikplemi Festival with Yilo Krobo.
• Press Release: Recent outages due to significant production downtime.
• VRA Donates to Communities.
• Akosombo International School climaxes 50th Anniversary.
• West African Gas Pipeline Company Updates Stakeholders on Pipeline Damage.
• VRA Senior Staff Association outdoors new 'Friday Wear' .
  
  
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