Ghana Hands Over GH¢6.3m SCADA Centre to Eastern Region ECG

• The Ghana Ministry of Energy has handed over a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Centre to the Eastern Regional Office.
• The ECG General Manager of Supervisory Systems revealed that the company had integrated four primary substations in Koforidua, Mprae­so, Nkawkaw, and Akim Oda into the SCADA system.

The Ghana Ministry of Energy has handed over a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisi­tion (SCADA) Centre to the Eastern Regional Office of the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG).

The GH¢6.3 million facility will significantly enhance the efficiency of ECG’s operations in the region. The SCADA Centre would improve fault identification, streamline switching activities, and enable quicker fault resolution, which is critical to the reliable power supply.

In a speech, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Energy, Herbert Krapah, represented by the Director of Power, Mr Solomon Adjetey, noted the government’s commitment to improving power reliability across the country.

According to him, the project, initiated in 2020, was part of a broader initiative that includes similar projects in ECG’s Western and Tema operational areas. He said the completion and handover of the first phase of the SCADA project in the Eastern Region marked a significant mile­stone in the initiative and urged ECG to make the best use of the new facility to minimise power outages in the region.

The ECG General Manager of Supervisory Systems, John Ge­megah, revealed the company had integrated four primary substations in Koforidua, Mprae­so, Nkawkaw, and Akim Oda into the SCADA system. He noted that the Eastern Region was currently leading in system reliability and expressed optimism that the new SCADA Centre would further boost their performance.

The ECG General Manager of the Eastern Region, Sariel Adobea Etwire, provided additional context on the region’s power infrastructure. She explained that the Eastern Region has 66 distribution and express feeders and nine primary substations.

She expressed confidence that the new SCADA Centre would position them well to elevate the region’s power reliability to new heights. Mrs Etwire also expressed her gratitude to the government and the Ministry of Energy for their support.

She reassured the public of ECG’s commitment to ensuring a stable power supply and urged customers to pay their bills promptly so the company could main­tain and improve its services. The project contractor, Prince John Abakah, thanked the Ministry and ECG staff for their cooperation during the project’s implemen­tation.