See the areas that will be affected by ECG's planned maintenance on Monday, March 23, 2026
The Electricity Company of Ghana has scheduled a planned maintenance exercise in the Central Region for Monday, March 23, 2026, even as engineers across three regions continue to battle multiple infrastructure failures that left scores of communities without power over the weekend.
According to an advisory issued by the power distributor, the planned maintenance in the Central Region will commence at 8:00 am and is expected to conclude by 11:00 am. The three-hour outage will affect Dadiesto, Andoe, Besease, Assin Manso, Ochiso, Juaben, and surrounding areas. Technicians will be undertaking essential infrastructure upgrades aimed at enhancing service reliability in these communities.
The scheduled exercise comes on the heels of a tumultuous weekend for power supply across several regions, with unplanned outages striking the Volta, Tema, and Greater Accra Regions following separate infrastructure failures.
In the Volta Region, customers in multiple communities remained in darkness after a burnt pole at Hodzo Katel Farms disrupted supply. According to a statement issued Sunday, the affected areas include Kpenoe, Takla Torko, Takla Gbogame, Nyekonakpoe, Hodzo Aviefe, Hodzo Ga, Hodzo Atsianse, and surrounding localities. Engineers were deployed to the site to replace the damaged pole and restore power.
In the Tema Region, customers in Tema New Town and surrounding areas experienced outages following a fault within the company's network. The ECG confirmed Sunday that engineers were working assiduously to restore supply as quickly as possible, though no timeline was provided for full restoration.
Meanwhile, the Accra East Region also faced disruptions following a burnt transformer at Atomic Down Roundabout over the weekend, affecting Atomic Down, Regimanuel Unity Gate, and surrounding communities.
In its public notices, the ECG extended its apologies to all affected customers, acknowledging the inconvenience caused by both the unplanned infrastructure failures and the upcoming scheduled maintenance. The company urged customers to bear with engineers as they work to resolve the various faults while emphasising that the planned exercises are necessary to ensure the long-term reliability of the power network across the regions.
