Energy Minister Traces Nationwide Blackout to Man Charging His Electric Vehicle Without Informing Nation

ACCRA—The Energy Minister has traced a nationwide blackout to a man who plugged in his electric vehicle without first informing the nation that he would be using the electricity. Following warnings that unregulated charging stations were damaging transformers, officials found the man in his garage, calmly watching the battery reach 63 percent while everyone else watched nothing.

An emergency delegation asked him to unplug, but he explained that the manufacturer recommended 80 percent. The minister immediately went on radio to ask Ghanaians for seventeen more percent of patience. Engineers have since moved the national control room beside his dashboard, where regional power restoration now depends on whether he intends to use air conditioning tomorrow.

Under proposed charging rules, motorists must announce their intentions on national radio and give households time to finish blending pepper. A designated official will then stand beside each socket and shout “He is plugging it in” before contact is made. The minister said normal supply would resume shortly, unless the man’s wife returned with the other vehicle.

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