ECG blames faults for power cuts in Ashanti East and Winneba as it announces Central Region repairs

Pinned summary · as of 15:53

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has told customers in two parts of the country that faults have knocked out their power. A notice dated Wednesday, 16 September 2026 covered communities in Ashanti East, and a later announcement, reported on 23 September, dealt with the Central Region, where a damaged transformer was blamed for a blackout around Winneba.

What we know

• ECG publicly announced interruptions to electricity supply in several communities in September 2026, citing faults on its equipment and, in the Central Region, planned maintenance as well.
• In both announcements the company said its technical crews were working to restore supply as soon as possible and expressed regret to the customers affected.

What's disputed / unconfirmed

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  Opemsuo 104.7 reported that a fault in ECG's network cut power to towns in Ashanti East, among them Juaso, Low Cost, Yawkwei, Freetown, Abosomtwigya, Ntonso, Heman, Ankaase and Kona. No other publication has repeated the notice, and the cause and duration have not been independently checked.
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  Rainbow Radio Online reported that ECG blamed a damaged transformer for an ongoing blackout at Bundatta Junction and nearby places in the Winneba District. This account has not been matched by any other report.
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  Rainbow Radio Online also reported that ECG would carry out emergency maintenance on Thursday, 24 September 2026, running between 9:00am and 4:00pm, which would interrupt supply in dozens of communities including Abrem Agona, Efutu Mampong, Dutch Komenda, Wassa Edwenase and Sefwi. The schedule comes from a single report.

Why it matters for Ghana

Households and small businesses in these communities, from shops that keep goods cold to workshops that rely on machines, lose income and comfort whenever the lights go off. Customers in the Central Region who plan around the 24 September window can arrange their day, but those in Ashanti East were given no restoration time in the reports we have. Repeated outages of this kind also add to pressure on the utility to keep its network in good repair.