IES calls for urgent GRIDCo assessment after third nationwide blackout in three weeks

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has raised concerns over the stability of Ghana’s national power system following three nationwide blackouts in less than a month. The latest outage occurred at about 4:30am on Thursday, August 20, 2026, after a major fault on the Akosombo-Volta transmission lines, according to the IES. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Institute described the recurrence of nationwide outages as “a cause for worry” and called on the Ghana Grid Company Limited…