Between the period 2017- 2020, electricity tariff was reduced by an average of 2.8% by the Akufo Addo government a record that is unmatched compared to the period between 2013 and 2016.

The Minister for Energy, Hon. Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has stated that the current intermittent power outages will soon be over as it is to enable the necessary works to be carried out on the transmission systems.

Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says his Ministry is committed to ensuring a long-term financial sustainability in Ghana’s power sector.

Since taking office, the Hon. Minister for Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has undertaken several visits to key installations in the power sector. His first of such visits was to the GRIDCo site in Tema, to familiarize himself with the progress of work to resolve constraints in the system. He was accompanied by the Minister for Information, Hon. Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah.

On Tuesday 20th April 2021, the Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, was joined by the Minister for Information, Hon. Kojo  Oppong-Nkrumah and officials from MiDA, GRIDCo and ECG to inspect the progress of the Pokuase Bulk Supply Point (BSP) currently under construction.

On Tuesday 20th April 2021, the Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, was joined by the Minister for Information, Hon. Kojo  Oppong-Nkrumah and officials from MiDA, GRIDCo and ECG to inspect the progress of the Pokuase Bulk Supply Point (BSP) currently under construction.

Ghana’s seat of government, Jubilee House, is walking the talk in its quest to install solar PV panels after the president of the West African nation promised last year to ensure that the seat of government installs solar power to reduce the cost of electricity consumed.

_{President of the Republic of Ghana in West Africa, H.E Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to cut the sod for the construction of a 4MW and 13WM solar power project in Lawra and Kaleo townships respectively in the Upper West Region on Tuesday.}

Hon. John Peter Amewu, Minister for Energy, on Friday 27th September 2019 inspected the completed Tsatsadu Mini-hydro power Project at Alavanyo-Abehenease in the Volta Region. He undertook this inspection in preparation for the official commissioning of the Project. The Minister in his address noted that the Government of Ghana is committed to ensuring that more renewable sources of energy are added to the national energy mix to reduce over reliance on the thermal energy sources as a main source of power. Hon.

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