Ashanti Region to Get Improved Power Supply by December – GRIDCo

Residents of the Ashanti Region are expected to experience a significant improvement in electricity supply by December 2026, following ongoing infrastructure upgrades by the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo).

The development comes amid persistent complaints about intermittent power outages and growing calls for the introduction of a load-shedding timetable.

GRIDCo Chief Executive Officer, Ing. Frank Asirifi Otchere, disclosed the planned improvements during a briefing with the Ashanti Regional Minister, where he outlined ongoing projects aimed at strengthening electricity supply across Greater Kumasi.

According to him, GRIDCo is installing a fifth feeder to complement the four existing feeders supplying the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).

The company is also upgrading the Kumasi–Anwomaso transmission line, particularly the Anwomaso-to-Ridge section, to increase its capacity from approximately 360 megawatts to 1,000 megawatts. The project is expected to be completed in November.

The upgrades are expected to strengthen grid reliability, support increasing residential and industrial electricity demand, and reduce the frequent outages experienced in the region.

Otchere stressed that the projects had been prioritised because of their importance to the region’s power supply.

“What we want to say is that all the projects are important, but these ones are critical. We cannot wait to complete them. That is why we have prioritised these projects to ensure they are all completed by December,” he said.

In December 2025, the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition assured residents of Kumasi and other parts of the Ashanti Region of improved electricity supply following the addition of generation capacity linked to the AKSA Energy project at Anwomaso. The Ministry also apologised after outages left parts of the region without electricity.

Earlier, in July 2026, GRIDCo and ECG announced a three-month project to upgrade the Kumasi–Anwomaso transmission line, with the objective of increasing its capacity from 364 megawatts to 1,000 megawatts.