Kumasi Power Outages: GRIDCo Gives November Work Window and December Feeder Target
GRIDCo and ECG plan targeted Kumasi power interruptions through 29 November as transmission work continues. See the workday hours, December feeder target and verified capacity figures.
Kumasi residents face targeted daytime electricity interruptions through November as GRIDCo and ECG complete a major transmission upgrade. The 161kV line is expected to be finished by the end of November, while a fifth feeder is targeted for December. Here is what the official timetable and capacity figures mean for households and businesses.
KUMASI — Electricity infrastructure works in Greater Kumasi have entered a critical phase, with Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) warning of temporary, localised power cuts as engineers upgrade the 161-kilovolt Anwomaso–Ahodwo transmission line. A separate fifth feeder at the Ridge Substation is expected by the end of December.
Officials say the investments are intended to relieve overloaded equipment and improve reliability in the Ashanti Region. The improvements are projected rather than demonstrated: construction and commissioning must be completed before consumers can assess whether interruptions become less frequent.
Kumasi Power Upgrade & Outage Tracker
Explore planned interruptions, reported electricity capacity and the two project deadlines.
Data snapshot: 4 November 2026Check the planned work period
Select a date to see whether it falls within the announced weekday work window. This is not an address-specific outage checker.
Only an official ECG area-by-area notice can confirm whether a particular community is scheduled for interruption.
Two projects, two deadlines
Greater Kumasi: reported demand and capacity
Calculated difference: 25.1 MVA (4.6%).
MVA measures apparent power. This comparison does not establish an equivalent MW shortfall or continuous unmet demand.
Transmission-line capacity: previous versus target
Planned increase: approximately 636 MW, or 2.75 times the previous rating.
This is transmission transfer capability, not new electricity generation or verified commissioning.
What residents should know
- The announced work period runs from 30 October to 29 November 2026, excluding weekends.
- Potential interruptions are between 9am and 5pm on affected workdays.
- Not every neighbourhood is necessarily affected on every weekday.
- Conductor-stringing completion and fifth-feeder completion have different targets.
- Network upgrades cannot guarantee the elimination of all future outages.
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