PDS will make the energy sector more efficient – says MP

General News of Sunday, March 17, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-03-17

The Deputy Chairman of Parliament's Mines and Energy Committee expressed confidence that Ghana, the electricity distribution sector, will make its energy sector more efficient despite the recent outages.

The electricity distributor has been subject to negative public reaction as a result of nationwide outages.

But George Duker Mireku said that PDS was working on modernizing food distribution equipment.

Addressing JoyNews Joseph Opoku Gakpo, he said: "One thing we need to observe is that PDS is also changing somewhat and ensuring that the modernization of the engineers in the system and the bulk storage stations will be changed. "

The MP for Tarkwa-Nsuam said that "it is obvious that the lights go out, but they must inform customers of the imminent technical risks they could attack".

Reacting to critics that the electricity company started on a deplorable note, he explained that nothing had really changed in terms of manpower.

"PDS and ECG, nothing has changed so far in terms of numbers, the same ECGs are there and they have been transformed into the PDS stage … the technicians as always in place, the management portfolio are still in place what has changed is the badet portfolio, "he said.

Mr Duker badured that "they will virtually modernize the equipment … they will add and the losses of the system will reduce …"

PDS, the energy distribution service, said it was working hard to restore power to isolated areas following the rain storm on Sunday.

In a statement, the PDS said the torrential rain that struck Accra and other parts of the country had uprooted trees and destroyed billboards on its distribution lines, causing disruptions as well as its distribution system and causing problems. failures.

He badured that the engineers are currently working to restore power.