The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has assured the public of a stable power supply despite an anticipated shortfall in gas due to scheduled maintenance.

This follows an earlier announcement from the ministry on Monday, August 11, 2025, approving a planned shutdown of the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant for maintenance from August 16 to August 30, 2025.

Speaking on the AM Show on Joy News on August 12, 2025, as monitored by GhanaWeb Business, the ministry’s spokesperson, Richmond Rockson, said Ghana is expected to lose about 95 million standard cubic feet of gas per day during the shutdown.

He emphasised that alternative measures have been put in place to sustain power generation throughout the period.

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“Plans have been put in place to ensure that alternative wells are made available. We are going to lose 95 million standard cubic feet of gas a day because of the shutdown, but we’ve made Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) available, we’ve made Light Crude Oil (LCO) available, and we’ve made diesel available for other thermal plants to produce power to make up for the deficit,” Rockson stated.

He also highlighted recent efforts by E&I to boost gas supply capacity from 240 million to 270 million standard cubic feet per day.

“About three or four weeks ago, E&I undertook an upgrade that increased gas supply from 240 million standard cubic feet to 270 million standard cubic feet. This time, we are losing 95 million standard cubic feet, about 40% of what we lost that day. But even then, we didn’t have any electricity outages,” he noted.

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