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Ghana's Energy Ministry has given notice that the ongoing load
shedding will be extended to all industrial zones across the country
next Monday, December 1, 2014.
It expected to continue till the end of the year.
This latest development in the country's severe power rationing
exercise, according to a document intercepted by Myjoyonline.com, is
in response to Ghana's worsening power supply challenges.
It is also to mitigate the impact of the frequent power outages
experienced by companies located outside the industrial zones.
The document further indicates that prospects for Ghana's power
supply, for the rest of the year, looks bleak.
The load shedding exercise to Ghana's industrial zones would have
begun last Monday if not for the intervention of the Association of
Ghana Industries (AGI).
A source at AGI told Myjoyonline.com the association has held
meetings with the Energy Ministry where it was agreed that the load
shedding exercise should start next week to allow the industries to
make the necessary preparations.
The AGI had been pushing for exclusion of industries and businesses
from the ongoing load shedding exercise due to rising production cost.
A load shedding schedule for Industrial zones, steel companies and the
mines is expected to published soon to guide work and production
schedules.
