Energy ministry sets up control and command centre to improve response time to power challenges

John Abdulai Jinapor, Minister for Energy and Green Transitions, says plans are underway to operationalise a control and command centre aimed at improving response time to power-related challenges across Ghana. The initiative is being implemented in partnership with the Energy Commission and the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC). The centre is expected to harness modern technology to strengthen monitoring and coordination through communication channels, including short code, phone line and social media platforms.

During a visit to the Ashanti regional unit of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Friday, May 8, 2026, Mr. Jinapor said, "In the age of modern technology, you can also use technology to monitor. So we are setting up a full command and control centre under the auspices of the Ministry of Energy, the Energy Commission and the PURC. We've already set it up; we are just operationalising it." District managers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will be provided with new mobile phones and dedicated contact lines to improve communication and response times.

Mr. Jinapor also revealed that all new transformers being installed across the country will be tracked on a digital system. He said, "So that centre is not just for outages; it's for general management, all the transformers we are installing, we want to track them one after the other. Everywhere we install transformers, it will be logged into that system; it will be made public so that the people in that area will know that, indeed, a transformer has been installed."